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hubsif
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 Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 10:04 am Post subject: b43 firmware not working although firmware files are there |
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Hi there,
I'm having trouble getting my ASUS WL-138G V2 with a broadcom 4318 chip on a fresh gentoo installation running. Here is what I did:
- I compiled b43 kernel module
- unmasked and installed b43-firmware and b43-fwcutter
- loaded b43 module
Now I get the following error in dmesg:
| Code: | Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PL, Firmware-ID: FW13 ]
b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw
b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43-open/ucode5.fw
b43-phy1 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
b43-phy1 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
b43-phy1 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.
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But the file /lib/firmware/b43/ucode5.fw (and many more) exists!
Maybe it is trying to load the file from a different location?
Thank you!
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Rexilion
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Weird (I think I had the same issue too), you could try the openfwwf firmware maybe that (does work for me):
www.ing.unibs.it/openfwwf/ |
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hubsif
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| Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 9:03 am Post subject: |
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Got it!
Must have been a problem with a missing kernel option, probably a "pseudo filesystem", probably "/proc/kcore".
Firmware gets loaded now, but I still can't get a connection to my WLAN, but that's a different issue.
Thank you!
hubsif. |
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