Hi Namita:
b43-fwcutter needs to work with a blob like
broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0
wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o
bcmwl5.sys (cabextract from sp34152.exe)
The dmesg log should like this:
$dmesg | grep bcm43xx
kobject bcm43xx: registering. parent: <NULL>, set: module
kobject holders: registering. parent: bcm43xx, set: <NULL>
fill_kobj_path: path = '/module/bcm43xx'
kobject notes: registering. parent: bcm43xx, set: <NULL>
bcm43xx driver
bus pci: add driver bcm43xx
kobject bcm43xx: registering. parent: <NULL>, set: drivers
fill_kobj_path: path = '/bus/pci/drivers/bcm43xx'
pci: Matched Device 0000:06:00.0 with Driver bcm43xx
pci: Probing driver bcm43xx with device 0000:06:00.0
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 initialized
bcm43xx: Radio initialized
bound device '0000:06:00.0' to driver 'bcm43xx'
pci: Bound Device 0000:06:00.0 to Driver bcm43xx
kobject drivers: registering. parent: bcm43xx, set: <NULL>
After the log shows pci device bound to driver bcm43xx,
again we need to check the log and it should show.
bcm43xx: PHY connected
bcm43xx: Microcode rev 0x127, pl 0xe (2005-04-18 02:36:27)
bcm43xx: Radio turned on
bcm43xx: Radio enabled by hardware
bcm43xx: Chip initialized
bcm43xx: 32-bit DMA initialized
bcm43xx: Keys cleared
bcm43xx: Selected 802.11 core (phytype 2)
bcm43xx: set security called, .level = 0, .enabled = 0, .encrypt = 0
I think that in most of the cases, the above set of lines
are not seen in the log, in which case the second command
below will give error like:
# iwconfig eth1 essid "NETGEAR"
# iwconfig eth1 txpower on
Error for wireless request "Set Tx Power" (8B27) :
GET failed on device eth1 ; No such device.
In short, the firmware blob did not work :-(
Let's troubleshoot this.
thanks
Saifi.
