Mansour wrote: > Hello every one: > I just received a card that's supported by my laptop. I can not figure > out how to get it to work. What FW do I need, any drivers ....etc. > > dmesg | grep -i bcm > 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: Analog: 4, Type 2, Revision 8 > 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, .active_key = 0, .level = 1, .enabled = 1, > .encrypt = 1 > bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load > failed. > bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-2) > 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, .active_key = 0, .level = 1, .enabled = 1, > .encrypt = 1 > bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load > failed. > bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-2) > 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, .active_key = 0, .level = 1, .enabled = 1, > .encrypt = 1 > bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load > failed. > bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-2) > 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, .active_key = 0, .level = 1, .enabled = 1, > .encrypt = 1 > bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load > failed. > bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-2) > > > > cat /var/log/messages > Nov 8 21:10:11 localhost syslogd 1.4.2: restart. > Nov 8 21:10:19 localhost firmware_helper[4988]: Loading of > /lib/firmware/bcm43xx_microcode5.fw for bcm43xx driver failed: No such > file or directory > Nov 8 21:10:19 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Error: Microcode > "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load failed. > Nov 8 21:10:19 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 > core failed (-2) > Nov 8 21:10:19 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: set security called, > .active_key = 0, .level = 1, .enabled = 1, .encrypt = 1 > Nov 8 21:10:20 localhost kernel: SoftMAC: Unable to find matching > network after scan! > Nov 8 21:10:20 localhost firmware_helper[5001]: Loading of > /lib/firmware/bcm43xx_microcode5.fw for bcm43xx driver failed: No such > file or directory > Nov 8 21:10:20 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Error: Microcode > "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load failed. > Nov 8 21:10:20 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 > core failed (-2) > > > Any advice about how to proceed ?
You need to install the firmware. Go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and follow the instructions. The installation instructions are the next section of that webpage.You will need V3 firmware for the bcm43xx. Once you get the firmware installed, it should work just fine. Larry _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
