Hi, I have been trying to test the new kmod-compat-wireless rpms on a newly installed rhel6.3 laptop and can not get the firmware to load. I have the firmware files extracted and in the /lib/firmware/b43 folder. The kmod loads but says the firmware is missing. Here is the info from dmesg:
Compat-wireless backport release: compat-wireless-v3.5-3 Backport based on linux-stable.git v3.5 compat.git: linux-stable.git bcma-pci-bridge 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKB] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 bcma-pci-bridge 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 bcma: Found chip with id 0x4331, rev 0x02 and package 0x09 bcma: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x800, rev 0x25, class 0x0) bcma: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x812, rev 0x1D, class 0x0) bcma: Core 2 found: PCIe (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x820, rev 0x13, class 0x0) bcma: Bus registered cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated: cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp) cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) b43-phy0: Broadcom 4331 WLAN found (core revision 29) b43-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 9, Type 7, Revision 1 b43-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2059, Revision 0 Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PMNLS ] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode29_mimo.fw" not found b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode29_mimo.fw" not found b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website. # ls -l /lib/firmware/b43/ucode29_mimo.fw -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 39760 Aug 13 16:00 /lib/firmware/b43/ucode29_mimo.fw # uname -a Linux testmac 2.6.32-279.2.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Jul 5 21:08:58 EDT 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux # rpm -q kmod-compat-wireless kmod-compat-wireless-3.5-3.el6.elrepo.x86_64 Hardware is a new mid-2012 macbook pro. Any suggestions? Is there a way to see where it is looking for the firmware files? Do you need more info? Thanks, --Roy On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 6:05 PM, Phil Perry <p...@elrepo.org> wrote: > On 13/08/12 19:28, n...@centergate.net wrote: > >> >> There have been problems with this driver too. Some Later versions just >>> stopped working on some chipsets. >>> >>> There is an easier method for this driver though - some repositories do >>> offer a binary version, for example search here: >>> >>> http://pkgs.org/centos-6-rhel-**6/nux-dextop-i386/kmod-wl-5_** >>> 100_82_112-1.el6.el6.nux.i686.**rpm.html<http://pkgs.org/centos-6-rhel-6/nux-dextop-i386/kmod-wl-5_100_82_112-1.el6.el6.nux.i686.rpm.html> >>> >>> >>> That will save you having to compile the driver yourself so it's also >>> worth a try. >>> >> >> I had it compiled already from testing it previously, I tried it first >> (I'm getting myself confused, should I have compat-wireless-kmod >> installed while testing this? It currently is installed). >> >> > No, these are two completely different drivers for the same hardware. > > You will need to uninstall kmod-compat-wireless first before attempting to > install kmod-wl. > > It's probably not a good idea to even build the wl driver on a system with > kmod-compat-wireless installed. > > ______________________________**_________________ > elrepo mailing list > elrepo@lists.elrepo.org > http://lists.elrepo.org/**mailman/listinfo/elrepo<http://lists.elrepo.org/mailman/listinfo/elrepo> >
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