Greg Matheson wrote: > I sent this earlier before being subscribed. I am sending a > revised version again with latest developments. > > I said: > > I seem to be only able to get a bcm4306 chip to work when I power > on, but powering on does not seem to be a sufficient condition > for it to work. I am wondering if powering on after some time off > is necessary and sufficient? > > This is with 2.6.25-14.fc9.i686 or 2.6.25.10-86.fc9.i686.
I don't use Fedora and have no idea what the state of the b43 driver is in either of those kernels. From what I read, the development kernels (rawhide?) are the closest to wireless-testing, which is the state of the art for wireless. You should ask questions about the kernels on Fedora's forums. > And I can only get this result with 4.150.10.5 firmware. > With 3.130.20.0 firmware, ie b43legacy. after associating with > the AP, it disassociates with reason=3. That is, it > disassociates of its own accord. > > That is, I haven't been able to get it working with 3.130.20.0. > > I wasn't able to get 4.80.53.0 working either, though I haven't > tried as much. > > Actually, I think b43legacy is the track this chip should be > working with, rather than b43, because I think it has a 'MAC core > revision' of 2, ie less than 4. As was pointed out earlier, you do not select whether your chip runs b43 or b43legacy. It is the 802.11 core revision that counts. Just for your info - if you had a BCM4306 revision 2, it would use b43legacy. Your system selects b43 because you have a BCM4306 revision 3. Do not mess around with b43legacy and/or the firmware in /lib/firmrare/b43legacy. It will not matter!!! I suggest using NetworkManager to operate your wireless device, rather than using ifconfig directly. I also suggest that you use DHCP rather than a fixed IP. It is altogether too easy to mess up your routing tables and your DNS server entries with fixed IP. > b43-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, > Revision 2 > > Is this a regression with 2.6.25? No, the revision level that really counts is that of the 802.11 core that is read by ssb. Larry _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
