On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:40:16 +0100 Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 21:20:25 +0100, David Paleino wrote: > > Il giorno Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:46:56 +0100 Florian Kulzer ha scritto: > > > > > According to /usr/share/misc/pci.ids your chip should have the vendor-ID > > > 0x14e4 and the prodcut-ID 0x4311. Check with "lspci -nn" if this is > > > correct; you should see these numbers listed as "[14e4:4311]" right > > > after the name of the card/chip. This would mean that you need the > > > bcm43xx module if I read the kernel sources correctly. (Note: I don't > > > have any direct experience with this particular chip/card.) > > > > I've got 14e4:4312, and bcm43xx doesn't work (I'm actually using > > ndiswrapper). > > I know I need to get the firmware: Don't use bcm43xx; see below. > > apt-get install bcm43xx-fwcutter > > > > it asks if I want to fetch and extract the firmware: YES! Ok, everything's > > in /lib/firmware now. Well: > > > > $ sudo modprobe bcm43xx > > $ ifconfig eth1 > > eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:1a:73:a5 > > inet addr:192.168.1.41 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > > [...] > > > $ iwconfig eth1 > > eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:off/any Nickname:"Broadcom 4311" > > Mode:Managed Frequency=2.472 GHz Access Point: Invalid > ^^^^^^^ > I think that this might already be a sign of trouble. With the bcm43xx or b43 drivers, that generally means that the card is not associated. [snip] > OK, it turns out that I had overlooked a few things when I wrote in my > previous mail. For a start, this is in the changelog for > 2.6.24~rc8-1~experimental.1: > > * Disable bcm43xx, deprecated by upstream. Enable B43 (needs v4 > firmware) and B43LEGACY (needs v3 firmware). > > So it seems that with 2.6.24 kernel you should indeed try b43 or > b43legacy, as the OP had stated. (When looking at the sources in a > hurry, I mistook the SSB_* identifiers for PCI_* ones - sorry!) > Unfortunately I have no idea how to debug this SBB bus. In any case, > most of my previous email can safely be ignored... b43[legacy] is the completely rewritten driver for Broadcom chips. The devs have been literally deprecating bcm43xx for quite a while, stating that it is no longer developed or supported, and that everyone should use b43[legacy] instead. > The two b43* modules depend on the mac80211 stack instead of the > ieee80211 one; with a self-compiled kernel and an older "inherited" > configuration file you might first have to activate the new stack in > "Networking > Wireless" to be able to select the b43* modules in "Device > driver > Network device support > Wireless LAN". The b43 devs hang out on the bcm43xx (it's still called that) ML at: http://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev Both dev and support work occurs there. The devs will help, but make sure you RTFM, cooperate with their suggestions and stay polite. > Florian | Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
