On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 22:00:11 -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote:

> The guide recommended wl_apsta.o for firmware, but that failed the
> bcm43xx-fwcutter command so I then tried wl.o, which bcm43xx was happy
> with.

It seems that some cards can be fussy about firmware, so try some
different ones. I have the following installed and my card works OK,
although it sometimes takes a couple of attempts to get a good
connection.

bcm43xx_initval01.fw  bcm43xx_initval07.fw    bcm43xx_microcode4.fw
bcm43xx_initval02.fw  bcm43xx_initval08.fw    bcm43xx_microcode5.fw
bcm43xx_initval03.fw  bcm43xx_initval09.fw    bcm43xx_pcm4.fw
bcm43xx_initval04.fw  bcm43xx_initval10.fw    bcm43xx_pcm5.fw
bcm43xx_initval05.fw  bcm43xx_microcode11.fw
bcm43xx_initval06.fw  bcm43xx_microcode2.fw

You don't say which card you are using, some are more problematic than
others, the gentoo-sources Changleog shows that support for some versions
is still being added. "lspci | grep BCM" will show you the exact model.


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