Return-path: Received: from ra.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.52]:3302 "EHLO ra.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751157AbXFASyT (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Jun 2007 14:54:19 -0400 Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 14:18:38 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: "John H." Cc: Larry Finger , wireless , Broadcom Linux Subject: Re: Upgrade to f7 breaks bcm43xx module Message-ID: <20070601181838.GB5663@tuxdriver.com> References: <5b9417770706011111u20f32192s960961dc8693f00e@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <5b9417770706011111u20f32192s960961dc8693f00e@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 01:11:51PM -0500, John H. wrote: > bcm43xx mac80211: > YOUR FIRMWARE IS TOO OLD. Firmware from binary drivers older than > version 4.x is unsupported. You must upgrade your firmware files. > > I get that now with f7 and 2.6.21 and didn't with fc6 2.6.20. > > However, I read that the error is not what it sounds like. What is > the solution? You might start by posting on a Fedora list, lest ye draw the ire of any other distro users on this list... :-) In the meantime, I suggest you extract firmware[1] from the wl_apsta.o file in this archive: http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2 Hth! John [1] Using bcm43xx-fwcutter, of course. -- John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com