you're wrong! the bcm4310 is supported and currently working fine with bcm43xx. you just have to download the latest (and i mean the latest full and stable version not rc one) from www.kernel.org, which currently is the 2.6.22.1, unzip it, select the current drivers there (be sure to include softmac stack) then compile the bcm43xx with dma+pio and full debug output, install the new modules and kernel, reboot (be aware that you may need to add libata.atapi_enable=1 to make the dma work with some cards even if you have the right pata drivers installed in the kernel) then go downloading the bcm43xx_fwcutter, download the wl_apsta.o VERSION 3, not version 4 cause it will not work with softmac, cut the firmware in a directory or your like, then copy all the .fw files to /lib/firmware and the do a chmod +r+x on the files in the /lib/firmware directory. now you're able to modprobe -r bcm43xx and the modprobe bcm43xx. make a dmesg and you'll see some bcm43xx lines that will tell you that the wireless is working fine and was loaded. though, you'll see it loaded as eth0/eth1 or whichever, and maybe not as wlan0. for the apic problem, then, you should try to see if your bios is bugged. follow this guide: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Fix_Common_ACPI_Problems to see if your bios has some bugs. and by the way what laptop do you have? i haven't seen any specification or model number in your post. maybe the specs and model number could help a little.
2007/8/7, Peter Davoust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Unfortunately the apic thing happens even without ndiswrapper > installed, and I've tried the bcm43xx module, even using > bcm43-fwcutter or whatever it's called to no avail (the interface > doesn't even show up). It's not supported on their site either. > > Thanks. > -Peter > > On 8/7/07, Beso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > 2007/8/7, Peter Davoust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I'm using ndiswrapper with a bcm4310 (either 4310 > > > or 4311) UART wireless card that just so happens to be on IRQ#9. > > > > throw away the ndiswrapper and use the bcm43xx modules from the kernel. > for > > what i know the 4310 chip is working fine with the linux native drivers. > > with that you shouldn't have any troubles reactivating the apic. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > -Peter > > > -- > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- dott. ing. beso
