Return-path: Received: from mail-ob0-f182.google.com ([209.85.214.182]:35287 "EHLO mail-ob0-f182.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752484AbbHMRlE (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Aug 2015 13:41:04 -0400 Received: by obbop1 with SMTP id op1so42883084obb.2 for ; Thu, 13 Aug 2015 10:41:03 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: b43-phy0 ERROR: FOUND UNSUPPORTED PHY (Analog 12, Type 11 (AC), Revision 1) To: =?UTF-8?B?UmFmYcWCIE1pxYJlY2tp?= , Hans de Goede References: <55CCD13C.7010006@redhat.com> Cc: linux-wireless , Sean Richards From: Larry Finger Message-ID: <55CCD679.9070409@lwfinger.net> (sfid-20150813_194109_719061_5856540F) Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 12:40:09 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 08/13/2015 12:30 PM, Rafał Miłecki wrote: > On 13 August 2015 at 19:17, Hans de Goede wrote: >> I'm trying to help a Fedora user to get his wifi to work on a >> Lenovo Yoga 3 14, ad currently we are stuck with the >> b43 driving giving the error from $subject, >> is there anyone who can help with this ? > > Well, the $subject says everything. There is noone really working on > it right now. For b43 to support that device would require a major reverse-engineering effort that none of us are willing to do, at least at this time. There was an E-mail exchange (http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=143947632524690&w=2) with Sean yesterday about this issue. To summarize, this device needs to use the Broadcom hybrid driver wl with the non-GPL kernel taint and all. Larry