On 01/04/2010 11:14 AM, Rafał Miłecki wrote: > 2010/1/4 Jim Haynes <jhhay...@earthlink.net>: >> I've just joined the list, and most of the stuff is way over my head. >> Is there a list for b43 users?
As you have noticed, this is a list for developers. The user-type questions are generally handled in distro forums. >> I just got a Dell i1545 laptop and put Fedora 12 on it. The current >> kernel is 2.6.31.9-174.fc12.x86_64 >> >> lspci says [14e4:4315] (rev 01) and the b43 web page says support is >> "in progress" but I don't see a date for that status. As Rafał told you, that driver is in kernel 2.6.32. >> I installed the firmware in /lib/firmware/b43 like the web page says >> >> dmesg reports >> b43-phy0: Broadcom 4312 WLAN found (core revision 15) >> b43-phy0: ERROR: FOUND UNSUPPORTED PHY (Analog 6, Type 5, Revision 1) >> b43: probe of ssb0:0 failed with error -95 >> >> Is there anything you need me to test for and report? Or anything I can >> do to get this working? Or should I just wait? (I have no pressing need >> for it to work just now) > > That is LP PHY based wireless card and LP has basic support in 2.6.32 > kernel. You have .31 so it's unsupported PHY for you. > > After upgrading to 2.6.32 you should hopefully get stable but still > low performance support for your card. As an alternative to switching to kernel 2.6.32, you could implement the compat-wireless package. As for performance, the 4315/b43 combination receives at a rate of about 20 Mb/s and sends at 12 Mb/s. This is not full 802.11g rate, but quite respectable. The connection is very stable. Larry _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
