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Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:38:11 +0100
From: "Arend van Spriel" <arend@broadcom.com>
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To: lina <lina.lastname@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: bcm4331 firmware installer package
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On 12/21/2011 11:59 AM, lina wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I don't know which one (else) can be fit for bcm4331 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 02)
> 
> From http://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx#b43_and_b43legacy
> 
> I tried:
> 
> 1] aptitude install firmware-b43-lpphy-installer
> 
> No chroot environment found. Starting normal installation
> No supported card found.
> Use proper b43 or b43legacy firmware.
> Aborting.
> 
> 2] # aptitude install firmware-b43-installer
> 
> No chroot environment found. Starting normal installation
> Unsupported device(s) found: PCI id 14e4:4331
> Aborting.
> 
> both of the listed are not working,
>

The bcm4331 support in b43 is pretty new so I do not expect distros are
providing packages for it. Your best bet is to get linux-firmware repo
from git.kernel.org. Probably the b43 developers can point you to the
specific firmware file you need to use for that phy.

> [29546.428819] b43-phy0 ERROR: FOUND UNSUPPORTED PHY (Analog 9, Type
> 7, Revision 1)

Gr. AvS