I am facing the same issue. dmesg | grep bcm bcm43xx driver bcm43xx: Chip ID 0x4311, rev 0x2 bcm43xx: Number of cores: 4 bcm43xx: Core 0: ID 0x800, rev 0x13, vendor 0x4243 bcm43xx: Core 1: ID 0x812, rev 0xd, vendor 0x4243 bcm43xx: Unsupported 80211 core revision 13 bcm43xx: Core 2: ID 0x817, rev 0x4, vendor 0x4243 bcm43xx: Core 3: ID 0x820, rev 0x5, vendor 0x4243 bcm43xx: PHY connected bcm43xx: Detected PHY: Analog: 4, Type 2, Revision 9 bcm43xx: Invalid PHY Revision 9 bcm43xx: Detected Radio: ID: 2205017f (Manuf: 17f Ver: 2050 Rev: 2) bcm43xx: Radio turned off bcm43xx: Radio turned off bcm43xx: PHY connected bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load failed. bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-2) bcm43xx: set security called, .level = 0, .enabled = 0, .encrypt = 0 bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load failed. bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-2)
I have used b43 to extract the firmware. Now I don't know what to do next. My card works fine with Vista. The new b43 fw-cutter works only with the binaries that are supplied by openwrt. I tried to use bcmwl6.sys that came with the pre installed vista, but it didn't work. I am using kernel 2.6.22.2 I really need an advice about how to get this to work, as it's really frustrating. Thank you. Larry Finger wrote: > Gmail Collector wrote: > >> oops, sorry, wrong button... sorry for premature send. >> >> new install; new equipment. >> >> card kind of works with windows vista, but problem there is a known bug >> with vista >> >> Gary >> >> >> >> On 9/22/07, *Gmail Collector* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >> >> Results of dmesg: >> >> $ dmesg | grep bcm >> bcm43xx driver >> bcm43xx: Chip ID 0x4311, rev 0x2 >> bcm43xx: Number of cores: 4 >> bcm43xx: Core 0: ID 0x800, rev 0x13, vendor 0x4243 >> bcm43xx: Core 1: ID 0x812, rev 0xd, vendor 0x4243 >> bcm43xx: Unsupported 80211 core revision 13 >> bcm43xx: Core 2: ID 0x817, rev 0x4, vendor 0x4243 >> bcm43xx: Core 3: ID 0x820, rev 0x5, vendor 0x4243 >> bcm43xx: PHY connected >> bcm43xx: Detected PHY: Analog: 4, Type 2, Revision 9 >> bcm43xx: Invalid PHY Revision 9 >> <================= >> bcm43xx: Detected Radio: ID: 2205017f (Manuf: 17f Ver: 2050 Rev: 2) >> bcm43xx: Radio turned off >> bcm43xx: Radio turned off >> bcm43xx: PHY connected >> bcm43xx: Microcode rev 0x127, pl 0xe (2005-04-18 02:36:27) >> bcm43xx: Radio turned on >> bcm43xx: Radio enabled by hardware >> bcm43xx: Chip initialized >> bcm43xx: 64-bit DMA initialized >> bcm43xx: Keys cleared >> bcm43xx: Selected 802.11 core (phytype 2) >> bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR >> bcm43xx: MAC suspend failed >> bcm43xx: MAC suspend failed >> >> did you need any further? >> > > No. The problem is seen above - an unsupported PHY revision. > > The reverse engineers have not worked out the details required to support PHY > revision greater than > 8. The only slight possibility of using it in the near future would be to > grab the source from the > wireless-dev git tree and try the b43 driver, which uses V4 firmware; > however, even with that > version, the code will have to be modified. As even Broadcom is having > problems with this version in > Vista, the prognosis isn't too good. > > You should investigate the possibility of acquiring a BCM4311/1 PCIe card to > replace the BCM4311/2. > > Larry > _______________________________________________ > Bcm43xx-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev > > _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
