On Thu, 2 Aug 2007, John W. Linville wrote: > On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 06:50:36PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > no, i'm currently following the instructions here to first get the > > appropriate firmware: > > > > http://fedoramobile.org/fc-wireless/bcm43xx-yum-extras/ > > > > but those instructions are also maddeningly ambiguous since they tell > > me to figure out which firmware file to download based on what i read > > in a README file, which really doesn't nail it down, so i'm guessing i > > want the bcmwl5.sys file but there are dozens of versions listed under > > that title in that README file. *man*, i hate crappy documentation. > > I added a comment to the bottom of that page: > > Users of the softmac-based "bcm43xx" driver should use the firmware from here: > > http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o > > FWIW, users of the mac80211-based "bcm43xx-mac80211" driver should use the firmware from here: > > http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2 that page is still seriously confusing since the example it uses includes "bcmwl5.sys", which doesn't match *either* of the above. that page also suggests that, after you install the firmware and modprobe the driver, running "system-config-network" will show you a choice of the Broadcom eth1 device. we've already established earlier today that, after i did what appeared to be the correct firmware config, i got no such choice. i am not at all convinced that the instructions on that page are meaningful. have they actually been tested with F7? rday
