Esref Derinkaya schrieb am Sa, 14.04.2007 (13:53:31 +0300): > Hello, > > I am using Slackware 10.1 on HP Pavilion dv2125nr Laptop but i am not able > to use wireless card. > > What is wrong? According to devices section at bcm43xx.berlios.de my chip ID > defined as "unstable". Unstable means works sometimes or never?
The driver works. As I understood by having a quick look at the mailing list archives, there are still issues with performance and special setups, that is currently beeing worked on. At least you should be able to have an result from "iwlist scan" and connect to your AP. > > Here are the outputs... > > # uname -a > Linux darkstar 2.6.20.6 #2 SMP Fri Apr 13 21:38:26 EEST 2007 i686 unknown > unknown GNU/Linux > > # lspci -v -d 14e4:4311 > 01:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation: Unknown device 4311 (rev > 01) > Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 1363 > Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20 > Memory at c3000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] > Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 > Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable- > Capabilities: [d0] #10 [0011] > > # dmesg | grep bcm43 > bcm43xx driver > 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 It seems you have not loaded the firmware required by the driver. A short description of the procedure is here: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_BCM43xx ftp://lwfinger.dynalias.org/Driver_Locations might be useful when using bcm43xx-fwcutter. The firmware version shouldn't matter, as long as its 3.x. ftp://lwfinger.dynalias.org/patches/ gives you some recent improvements of the driver, but patching your kernel should not be necessarily needed. > > # iwconfig eth1 > eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:off/any Nickname:"Broadcom 4311" > Mode:Managed Access Point: FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF > RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off > Encryption key:off dont forget an "ifconfig eth1 up" after loading the driver. Your dmesg output should then have the following additional lines: bcm43xx: PHY connected bcm43xx: Microcode rev 0x123, pl 0x21 (2005-01-22 19:48:06) bcm43xx: Radio turned on bcm43xx: Radio enabled by hardware bcm43xx: Chip initialized bcm43xx: 32-bit DMA initialized bcm43xx: Keys cleared bcm43xx: Selected 802.11 core (phytype 2) Regards, Philipp _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
