Return-path: Received: from mail-ey0-f174.google.com ([209.85.215.174]:36486 "EHLO mail-ey0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752573Ab1K1P7O convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:59:14 -0500 Received: by eaak14 with SMTP id k14so1936794eaa.19 for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 07:59:13 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4ED3A6E8.4050000@aol.com> References: <4ED3A6E8.4050000@aol.com> Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:59:13 +0100 Message-ID: (sfid-20111128_165919_708039_884E4249) Subject: Re: Trouble with Macbook Pro 8,2 (broadcom 4331) and latest b43 From: =?UTF-8?B?UmFmYcWCIE1pxYJlY2tp?= To: AndrewL733 Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 2011/11/28 AndrewL733 : > Hi, > > ---------------------- > I'm apologize in advance if this posting repeats another posting I made on > 26 Nov.  I submitted it but don't see it in the archives. I'm thinking it > never arrived so I am sending it again. > ----------------------- > > I'm wondering if anybody has any clues about why I cannot get a Broadcom > 4331-based wireless device to work in my Macbook Pro (Model 8,2). When I try > to load the driver with "modprobe b43" I get the following in dmesg: > > [ 3279.117137] bcma-pci-bridge 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A disabled > [ 3281.301279] bcma-pci-bridge 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, > low) -> IRQ 17 > [ 3281.301297] bcma-pci-bridge 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 > [ 3281.301381] bcma: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x800, rev > 0x25, class 0x0) > [ 3281.301405] bcma: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x812, rev > 0x1D, class 0x0) > [ 3281.301459] bcma: Core 2 found: PCIe (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x820, rev 0x13, > class 0x0) > [ 3281.301581] bcma: PMU resource config unknown for device 0x4331 > [ 3281.301583] bcma: Enabling Ext PA lines not implemented > [ 3281.310508] bcma: Bus registered > [ 3281.312814] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain > [ 3281.316215] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4331 WLAN found (core revision 29) > [ 3281.316383] b43-phy0 ERROR: FOUND UNSUPPORTED PHY (Analog 9, Type 7, > Revision 1) This seems to be standard HT PHY: #define B43_PHYTYPE_HT 0x07 So your b43 must be compiled without support for HT. >  CC [M] >  /home/andy/kernel/compat-wireless-2011-11-22/drivers/net/wireless/b43/phy_ht.o >  CC [M] >  /home/andy/kernel/compat-wireless-2011-11-22/drivers/net/wireless/b43/tables_phy_ht.o >  CC [M] >  /home/andy/kernel/compat-wireless-2011-11-22/drivers/net/wireless/b43/radio_2059.o Here we can see you compile b43 from compat-wireless with HT-PHY support. So there must be something wrong with the way you install compat-wireless. I can give you some hints: 1) find -name "b43.ko" /lib/modules 2) modinfo b43 3) modinfo b43 | grep filename But I don't know what exactly are you doing wrong. -- Rafał