I am still unable to get it to work. That's what I did : downloaded the firmware for version 3 from http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o Then I compiled and installed http://linuxwireless.org/download/bcm43xx/fwcutter/bcm43xx-fwcutter.tar.bz2
Then I installed the extracte using the command: bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware/ wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o now that's what I getting: dmesg | tail -n 11 IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver sit0: Disabled Privacy Extensions b43-phy0 debug: Adding Interface type 2 b43-phy0 ERROR: YOUR FIRMWARE IS TOO OLD. Firmware from binary drivers older than version 4.x is unsupported. You must upgrade your firmware files. b43-phy0 debug: Adding Interface type 2 b43-phy0 ERROR: Microcode not responding b43-phy0 debug: Adding Interface type 2 b43-phy0 ERROR: YOUR FIRMWARE IS TOO OLD. Firmware from binary drivers older than version 4.x is unsupported. You must upgrade your firmware files. b43-phy0 debug: Adding Interface type 2 b43-phy0 ERROR: Microcode not responding eth0: no IPv6 routers present Larry Finger wrote: > 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
