On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:26:54 +0100, Ian Malone wrote: > On 13/07/07, Mike - EMAIL IGNORED <m_d_berger_1900@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:23:04 +0100, Ian Malone wrote: >> >> > Mike - EMAIL IGNORED wrote: >> >> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:10:48 +0100, Andy Green wrote: >> >> >> > >> >>> lspci >> >>> >> [...] >> > >> > Supposedly support is in the kernel: >> > http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/?go=devices >> > >> > However you seem to need some sort of firmware, >> > see <http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/bcm43xx> >> > I've also heard of people using ndiswrapper for Broadcom, >> > however I don't have one myself. > >> >> Are you sure that I don't have a configuration problem? Please >> see my latest post on the other sub-thread. I note that the >> device does work when I boot WinXP. Doesn't this suggest that >> the firmware is ok? On the other hand, it says nothing about >> the Linux driver. >> > > Not at all sure. However 'firmware' is a misleading term; I > think it's really microcode that the driver needs to load onto > the controller (which the WinXP driver will do). > > Just found: > http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/fedora-ppc/2006-March/000804.html > -- > imalone I just found this in /var/log/messages: Jul 13 18:25:48 mbrc35 kernel: bcm43xx_mac80211: Adding Interface type 2 Jul 13 18:25:48 mbrc35 firmware_helper[2682]: Loading of /lib/firmware/bcm43xx_microcode5.fw for bcm43xx_mac80211 driver failed: No such file or directory Jul 13 18:25:48 mbrc35 kernel: bcm43xx_mac80211: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load failed. Jul 13 18:26:47 mbrc35 NetworkManager: <WARN> nm_device_802_11_wireless_scan(): could not trigger wireless scan on device wlan0: Network is down I'll now take a look at the link you just provided. Mike. ~
