Florian Erfurth wrote:
> Hi Larry, thank you very much!
> 
> Von: Larry Finger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Florian Erfurth wrote:
>>> Von: Larry Finger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>> Those values are completely bogus. In the official bcm43xx-mac80211
>>>> trees, the code gives more 
>>>> realistic values, but those patches are not in FC7.
>>> So do anyone of you know when will this patches applied into
>> kernel/F7-kernel?
>>
>> You would have to ask the people that control FC.
> Ok, I'll do that.
> 
>>> Thank you for your information. So what do you suggest? Should I wait
>> until the next kernel-version? 
>>  > Or should I build my own bcm43xx_mac80211-module?
>>> May I delete the bcm43xx_mac80211.ko, which came with rpm from f7d and
>> replace this with 
>>  >the newer ones from tree?
>>
>> You could build a new version of bcm43xx-mac80211 from the tree, but I
>> suggest building and/or using 
>> the softmac version of bcm43xx (the one that uses V3 firmware) as long as
>> you have the kernel 
>> sources. With 2.6.21 or later, no patches are required.
> Umm... I'm using 2.6.21 (sorry, I forgot to mention that):
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# uname -a
> Linux Turion 2.6.21-1.3228.fc7 #1 SMP Tue Jun 12 14:56:37 EDT 2007 x86_64 
> x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> <<<
> 
>>> So why is there bcm43xx? Or is this module for older firmware (3.x)? If
>> yes, 
>>  >then I could use bcm43xx instead (with previously used firmware) until
>> Fedora applied the needed 
>> patches?
>>
>> Yes, bcm43xx is for the V3 firmware, and uses SoftMAC for its MAC layer.
>> Does your current kernel 
>> have bcm43xx already built? If so, just use it.
> After modprobing bcm43xx no wlan0 appears in iwconfig. See below:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# lsmod | grep bcm43
> bcm43xx_mac80211      415137  0
> ssb                    43589  1 bcm43xx_mac80211
> mac80211              164297  2 rc80211_simple,bcm43xx_mac80211
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# rmmod bcm43xx_mac80211
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# rmmod rc80211_simple
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# lsmod | grep mac80211
> mac80211              164297  0
> cfg80211               17745  1 mac80211
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# rmmod mac80211
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# rmmod cfg80211
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# rmmod ssb
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# iwconfig
> lo        no wireless extensions.
> 
> eth0      no wireless extensions.
> 
> vmnet8    no wireless extensions.
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# modprobe bcm43xx
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# iwconfig
> lo        no wireless extensions.
> 
> eth0      no wireless extensions.
> 
> vmnet8    no wireless extensions.
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# dmesg
> [snip]
> bcm43xx driver
> <<<
> Hm... what could be wrong? Did I forgot somewhat?

Did you switch back to V3 firmware? Check dmesg for any diagnostic messages.

Larry
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