di dit wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to use the bcm43xx driver on a HP Compaq nx6310 without > success. Using > ndiswrapper is OK. > Here are the related kernel messages: > > bcm43xx driver > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:08:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 > PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:08:00.0 to 64 > bcm43xx: Chip ID 0x4311, rev 0x1 > bcm43xx: Number of cores: 4 > bcm43xx: Core 0: ID 0x800, rev 0x11, vendor 0x4243 > bcm43xx: Core 1: ID 0x812, rev 0xa, vendor 0x4243 > bcm43xx: Core 2: ID 0x817, rev 0x3, vendor 0x4243 > bcm43xx: Core 3: ID 0x820, rev 0x1, vendor 0x4243 > bcm43xx: PHY connected > bcm43xx: Detected PHY: Version: 4, Type 2, Revision 8 > bcm43xx: Detected Radio: ID: 2205017f (Manuf: 17f Ver: 2050 Rev: 2) > bcm43xx: Radio turned off > bcm43xx: Radio turned off > > lspci -nn returns: > > 08:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless > 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card [14e4:4311] (rev 01) > > It makes no difference whether I press the wifi button or not. I don't > have to do anything special with ndiswrapper. > > I'm using the debian kernel package > linux-image-2.6.20-1-686_2.6.20-1~experimental.1~snapshot.8353_i386.deb > from > http://kernel-archive.buildserver.net/debian-kernel/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/ > It's 2.6.20.2 with a few additional patches. Have a look at the file > linux-2.6_2.6.20-1~experimental.1~snapshot.8353.diff.gz for more > details. > > Does anybody have an idea why this does not work?
If you do not see a message that looks like "bcm43xx: Radio enabled by hardware" in your logs, your kernel is too old. Either get and build 2.6.21-rc4 or apply the appropriate patch found at ftp://lwfinger.dynalias.org/patches. Larry _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
