Public bug reported: The Karmic (9.10) PPC kernel 2.6.31-8-powerpc fails to load firmware for a b43 card. The firmware is present in /lib/firmware. The failure happens with firmware from the restricted modules wizard, and firmware that works for the Jaunty kernel and for kernel.org 2.6.29.
The dmesg is: [ 2592.150744] pci 0001:11:00.0: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0x000000-0x001fff] [ 2593.217352] b43-pci-bridge 0001:11:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002) [ 2593.222388] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0001:11:00.0 [ 2593.266610] b43-phy10: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found (core revision 5) [ 2593.312835] phy10: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel' [ 2593.316212] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PL, Firmware-ID: FW13 ] [ 2593.450712] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw [ 2593.628199] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/pcm5.fw [ 2593.642085] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0initvals5.fw [ 2593.655949] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw [ 2593.786709] b43-phy10: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10) [ 2593.842769] b43-phy10 ERROR: The machine/kernel does not support the required 30-bit DMA mask [ 2594.970687] b43-phy10 ERROR: Microcode not responding [ 2594.970703] b43-phy10 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. The complete dmesg for this bug may be found as for bug #421940 <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ports-meta/+bug/421940> Please note (with respect to this bug and to 421940, a zd1211rw is able to load firmware and works on the machine, but takes up a valuable USB slot. I would prefer to use one of the PCCard devices. -jh ** Affects: linux-ports-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- karmic ppc fails to load b43 (4306) pccard https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/421948 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
