Re: why is my wireless totally borked in f7?

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On Thu, 2 Aug 2007, John W. Linville wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 06:50:36PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
> > no, i'm currently following the instructions here to first get the
> > appropriate firmware:
> >
> >   http://fedoramobile.org/fc-wireless/bcm43xx-yum-extras/
> >
> > but those instructions are also maddeningly ambiguous since they tell
> > me to figure out which firmware file to download based on what i read
> > in a README file, which really doesn't nail it down, so i'm guessing i
> > want the bcmwl5.sys file but there are dozens of versions listed
under
> > that title in that README file.  *man*, i hate crappy documentation.
>
> I added a comment to the bottom of that page:
>
> Users of the softmac-based "bcm43xx" driver should use the firmware from here:
>
>  http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o
>
> FWIW, users of the mac80211-based "bcm43xx-mac80211" driver should use the firmware from here:
>
>  http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2

that page is still seriously confusing since the example it uses
includes "bcmwl5.sys", which doesn't match *either* of the above.

that page also suggests that, after you install the firmware and
modprobe the driver, running "system-config-network" will show you a
choice of the Broadcom eth1 device.  we've already established earlier
today that, after i did what appeared to be the correct firmware
config, i got no such choice.

i am not at all convinced that the instructions on that page are
meaningful.  have they actually been tested with F7?

rday

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