Hi! My problem is that upon b43 module load, no interface shows up. I would expect an eth1 or something from iwconfig but there are only lo and eth0 (wired).
I followed the instructions from the page http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 I "cut" the firmware and install it to the proposed directory, exported the env var and then compiled the kernel. I do not know how to tell kernel to look for the extracted firmware, there ware no instructions for such a thing. When I "modprobe b43" the following modules are pulled automatically: b43 134832 0 ssb 31364 1 b43 rng_core 4744 1 b43 mac80211 135692 1 b43 cfg80211 25488 1 mac80211 The following *single* line is added to dmesg: Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: P, Firmware-ID: FW13 ] File versions: b43-fwcutter-011 broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2 I have disabled "Select only drivers that don't need compile time external firmware" and "Prevent firmware from being built" (did not have effect) I have a HP 550 (64bit celeron) laptop with the gentoo distribution. My kernel: 2.6.27-gentoo-r2 Drivers I tried: b43, b43legacy I compile everything as a module, so if something is not listed with lsmod, it probably is not compiled at all. Output from lspci: 10:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company BCM4312 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10 Region 0: Memory at e4000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME- Capabilities: [58] Vendor Specific Information <?> Capabilities: [e8] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Count=1/1 Enable- Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000 Capabilities: [d0] Express (v1) Endpoint, MSI 00 DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <4us, L1 unlimited ExtTag+ AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset- DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported- RlxdOrd- ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop- MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 128 bytes DevSta: CorrErr+ UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq- AuxPwr- TransPend- LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Latency L0 <4us, L1 <64us ClockPM- Suprise- LLActRep- BwNot- LnkCtl: ASPM L0s L1 Enabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk+ ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt- LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt- Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting UESta: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSVoil- UEMsk: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSVoil- UESvrt: DLP+ SDES- TLP- FCP+ CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF+ MalfTLP+ ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSVoil- CESta: RxErr+ BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr+ CESta: RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr+ AERCap: First Error Pointer: 00, GenCap+ CGenEn- ChkCap+ ChkEn- Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel <?> Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 21-00-5a-ff-ff-00-c2-fa Capabilities: [16c] Power Budgeting <?> lsmod: b43 134832 0 ssb 31364 1 b43 rng_core 4744 1 b43 mac80211 135692 1 b43 cfg80211 25488 1 mac80211 snd_seq 46848 0 snd_seq_device 6932 1 snd_seq ipv6 238952 16 i915 33536 0 drm 85704 1 i915 usb_storage 46976 0 fan 4096 0 snd_hda_intel 451788 1 sr_mod 14372 0 snd_pcm 63628 1 snd_hda_intel ehci_hcd 33292 0 cdrom 35752 1 sr_mod uhci_hcd 22168 0 snd_timer 19848 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm snd_page_alloc 8336 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm usbcore 135632 4 usb_storage,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd snd_hwdep 7560 1 snd_hda_intel thermal 18464 0 psmouse 39196 0 Thank you very much for your attention. Have a nice day! _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
