Return-path: Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.158]:14962 "EHLO fg-out-1718.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751605AbZI3PBF (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:01:05 -0400 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 22so1418328fge.1 for ; Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:01:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4AC372B6.1000806@lwfinger.net> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:01:10 -0500 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Reiner Schmidt CC: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: B43 Module on Compaq HP615 Laptop References: <200909301304.33903.schmidtreiner@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <200909301304.33903.schmidtreiner@gmx.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Reiner Schmidt wrote: > Hello, > I am trying to install the newest compat-wireless package (from 30.09.2009) > onto this notebook. It has a Broadcom 4312 compatible WLAN device on it . > Its id is:14e4:4315. > I use s debian sidux distribution with an 2.6.29-4 liquorix-kernel. > Unfortunately I can currently use newer kernels on this notebook because it > wouldn't boot up. Tried several 2.6.30 and -31 kernels up too 2.6.31-1. > > Compiling the package works so far but when loading the module b43 manually or > via /etc/modules it complains heavily about ssb-related issues. Some distros include b44 and ssb in their initrd so that the box can netboot. It is likely that yours is one of them. In this case, this means that the wrong ssb is already loaded when you try to load b43. The solution that Gabor gave you is correct; however if you rebuild mkinitrd after building the compat modules, then it should work. Larry