On Fri, 2007-05-11 at 16:20 -0700, Clifford Snow wrote: > On Fri, 2007-05-11 at 15:12 -0700, alan wrote: > > On Fri, 11 May 2007, Clifford Snow wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 2007-05-11 at 14:10 -0700, alan wrote: > > >> On Fri, 11 May 2007, Clifford Snow wrote: > > >> > > >>> Received the following error message on F7 Test 4: > > >>> kernel: bcm43xx_mac80211: YOUR FIRMWARE IS TOO OLD. Firmware from binary > > >>> drivers older than version 4.x is unsupported. You must upgrade your > > >>> firmware files. > > >>> > > >> . > > >> > > >> This really depends on the model number and revision of your chipset. > > >> > > >> I have a bcm4306 revision 2 chipset. The bcm43xx_mac80211 driver will not > > >> work for me. (The chipset does not have enough memory for the revision 4 > > >> firmware.) I had to blacklist that driver and use the old bcm43xx driver. > > > > > > I also have the bcm4306 revision 2 chipset. I'm not sure what you mean > > > by blacklist the driver to use the old bcm43xx driver. > > > > > > If the older chip isn't able to handle the requirements for the new > > > bcm43xx module, shouldn't that be discovered on install? > > > > "Should" and "Does" are two different things. > > > > Add the module name to /etc/modules.d/blacklist. (Edit the file and you > > will see what it wants for format.) > Thanks! That worked great. > > For other with the same problem, I added blacklist bcm43xx_mac80211 > to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist > > removed the old modules with rmmod bcm43xx_mac80211 > added the new module with modprobe bcm43xx > > I rebooted to make sure that everything loaded correctly next time I > turn the laptop on. > > Now it recognizes the old softmac module. > > Should this be filed in bugzilla? Well, you can get newer (4.x) firmware from the addresses listed in the bcm43xx-fwcutter README file, for instance: http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2 Un-blacklist the old card and give that a try first. For a little extra background, FWN nicely summarized a previous discussion about this: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue86 - part 4.9 ("When Two Broadcom Drivers Go To War") If it turns out that your card *can't* run bcm43xx-mac80211 (e.g. memory too small for 4.x firmware, like alan) then *please* file a bug. linville changed the drivers so they're splitting up which PCI IDs they claim. The split had some gray area covered by some best guesses. If we got it a bit wrong, let us know and we'll get it fixed as soon as we can. -w
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