On Friday February 1 2008, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Jeff Burns wrote:
> > Wait .. I see I used the wrong firmware version for my kernel.
> >
> > Mike.
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> You need to grab this file:
>
>
http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2
>
> Extract and then do
>
> []# b43-fwcutter
> -w /lib/firmware/ /path/to/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0/kmod/wl_apsta.o
>
> This is what brought my BCM4306 to life.
not to sound repetitive, but my wiki page has a fairly reliable set of
instructions that have worked for me.
http://www.crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Broadcom_wireless_on_Fedora_8
rday
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I take it all back, according to /var/log/messages it still can't load any
firmware, specifically it wants /lib/firmware/bcm43xx_microcode5.fw.
fwcutter didn't produce a file by that name. Am I missing a step?