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Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 13:23:44 -0500
From: "John H." <mistamaila@gmail.com>
To: "Larry Finger" <larry.finger@lwfinger.net>
Subject: Re: Upgrade to f7 breaks bcm43xx module
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Thanks for the prompt response.

I have a dell e1505.  Do I need an updated fwcutter as well?  What is
the actual driver I need?  The device is broadcom 1390?


On 6/1/07, Larry Finger <larry.finger@lwfinger.net> wrote:
> 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?
>
> The error is _EXACTLY_ what it sounds like. With fc6, you were using bcm43xx-softmac, which uses V3
> firmware. With fc7, you switched to bcm43xx-mac80211, which needs V4 firmware - just what the error
> message said. The solution is to download a V4 driver and create the appropriate firmware.
>
> Larry
>