On Friday February 1 2008, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Jeff Burns wrote: > > > Wait .. I see I used the wrong firmware version for my kernel. > > > > > > Mike. > > > > Hi Mike, > > > > You need to grab this file: > > > > http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2 > > > > Extract and then do > > > > []# b43-fwcutter > > -w /lib/firmware/ /path/to/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0/kmod/wl_apsta.o > > > > This is what brought my BCM4306 to life. > > not to sound repetitive, but my wiki page has a fairly reliable set of > instructions that have worked for me. > > http://www.crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Broadcom_wireless_on_Fedora_8 > > rday > -- > ======================================================================== > Robert P. J. Day > Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry > Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA > > Home page: http://crashcourse.ca > Fedora Cookbook: http://crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Fedora_Cookbook > ======================================================================== I take it all back, according to /var/log/messages it still can't load any firmware, specifically it wants /lib/firmware/bcm43xx_microcode5.fw. fwcutter didn't produce a file by that name. Am I missing a step?
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