John W. Linville wrote: > On Thu, Aug 16, 2007 at 06:40:23PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote: >> Has anyone used the new driver variation known as b43 from that branch of >> wireless-dev and gotten >> auto-loading at bootup of the b43 module on i386 or x86_64 platforms. It >> still doesn't work here >> even after upgrading to the latest version of udev. Before I post to LKML >> regarding this problem, I >> would like to get an idea if is restricted to my system, or if it is a >> general problem with x86 >> architectures. We know it works on PPC platforms. If your system is also >> failing, I would like to >> know your distro. > > Seems to work fine for me w/ latest wireless-dev built w/ mostly-stock > (had to change BCM43XX-MAC80211 to B43) F-7 kernel config on T41 w/ F-7. > Don't even have the "%X" patch.
After posting on LKML, I got the answer - it is a peculiarity of openSUSE 10.2. The "%X" patch is needed if you have a BCM4311, which has an 802.11 core with revision level 10. My systems are now working. Larry _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
