On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 12:22:13PM +0200, Patrick wrote: > On Fri, 2007-08-10 at 23:32 -0400, Andrew Robinson wrote: > > I just let PUP update the kernel on my laptop to 2.6.22.1-32.fc6. When I > > boot into that kernel, my wireless interface fails to start. When I run > > > > $ ifup eth1 > > > > I get > > > > SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not supported > > Failed to bring up eth1. > > > > I've looked, but I cannot find any reference to the variable > > SIOCSIFFLAGS. Anyone know what's wrong and how to fix this? > > I saw a similar message after updating the kernel and rebooting. The > laptop where I saw it has a Broadcom bcm43xx chipset. I think that the > new kernel has updated Broadcom wireless code which needs new 4.x > firmware. As opposed to the 2.6.21 kernels which need 3.x firmware. So > if you have a box with a Broadcom wireless chipset I would check the > current firmware and install the newer 4.x version if appropriate. See: > http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=156282 bcm43xx uses 3.x firmware. (FC6 does not have bcm43xx-mac80211.) File a bug? John -- John W. Linville linville@xxxxxxxxxx
