Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 02 June 2007, Gene Heskett wrote: >> Greetings; >> >> Fresh F7 install on that lappy. Kernel is 2.6.21.1, i686 version, on a >> powernow-k8 64 bitter. >> >> Whats the procedure to get this working? > > Addendum: > > Installing bcm43xx-fwcutter, following the instructions on berlios.de, I have > managed to get the radio turned on. dmesg now reports: > > ssb: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (cc 0x800, rev 0x0D, vendor 0x4243) > ssb: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x09, vendor 0x4243) > ssb: Core 2 found: PCI (cc 0x804, rev 0x0C, vendor 0x4243) > ssb: Core 3 found: PCMCIA (cc 0x80D, rev 0x07, vendor 0x4243) > ssb: Switching to ChipCommon core, index 0 > ssb: Switching to PCI core, index 2 > ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:06:02.0 > bcm43xx_mac80211: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found > ssb: Switching to IEEE 802.11 core, index 1 > bcm43xx_mac80211: Found PHY: Analog 3, Type 2, Revision 7 > bcm43xx_mac80211: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 8 > bcm43xx_mac80211: Radio turned off > wmaster0: Selected rate control algorithm 'simple' > bcm43xx_mac80211: Adding Interface type 2 > ssb: Switching to PCI core, index 2 > ssb: Switching to IEEE 802.11 core, index 1 > bcm43xx_mac80211: Loading firmware version 319.102 (2005-10-15 22:46:19) > ssb: Switching to ChipCommon core, index 0 > ssb: Switching to IEEE 802.11 core, index 1 > bcm43xx_mac80211: Radio turned on > bcm43xx_mac80211: Radio enabled by hardware > bcm43xx_mac80211: !WARNING! Idle-TSSI phy->cur_idle_tssi measuring failed. > (cur=0, tgt=62). Disabling TX power adjustment. > bcm43xx_mac80211: Chip initialized > bcm43xx_mac80211: 32-bit DMA initialized > bcm43xx_mac80211: Wireless interface started > ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready > > However, it appears that neither my access point, a wap-11, or the radio in > the lappy is actually making any rf noise as I have a sniffer that reports > nothing. > > Also, when system-config-network is executed after this has been achieved, > there is still no wlan0 available in the device or hardware list.
I was ignoring your request until you got the firmware installed and loaded! That is very well documented. I have no idea what to expect from system-config-network. Questions regarding Fedora-specific utilities belong on a Fedora mailing list. You should use (as root) the iwconfig and 'iwlist scan' commands to see if your interface shows up, and if it is seeing any signals. If your sniffer doesn't show any output from the AP, then either (a) your sniffer is broken, (b) the wireless in your AP is turned off, or (c) the SSID of your AP is hidden. If you have chosen (c) for security reasons, turn it back on - there is no real advantage. I can only guess at why FC 7 uses the mac80211 driver. Be aware that the probability of it working "out of the box" is slim to none. If you are willing to patch the driver, you might get some limited success. Larry _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
