From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1OkEYj-00037m-Qf for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:05:54 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6A863E0909 for ; Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:05:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wy0-f181.google.com (mail-wy0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13A74E0777 for ; Sat, 14 Aug 2010 10:27:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyf28 with SMTP id 28so4432938wyf.40 for ; Sat, 14 Aug 2010 03:27:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:reply-to:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=Dk+ZfPDSMJpwrilelwMbIruaph8l8EPPxiQZu6j8VNk=; b=OjmV8FwOdVZsG1OKDn6L+j27K1OsaeHiVMoT0VFitCm7Rn5Mpy47hK9ici16VIJd6v 29rE321T8ZeVbZaK5oNZco0U/O98LNa+J68Dnm4O6fq+/UCVwefGUCKqEe9IRXNtDTmR krH++SNR7WnWmLNAlbVZqg2qcs3t22PMXTxX0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=wdpDn+o62ss7Y5sEeLcxTJ2KlUtX2gvh5j5wJKprhlilA23yTVZu+2VN+ViK4nwDCQ sVf34KrGZI6s7n/hL6phBRlMcqjDSPE4q5YXT/nACq2Px+XztepkN8KOrLYMJeIEM+pJ +q4NxMn4EwtZli+dQtmM+DjU+wShgQT4h4+oQ= Received: by 10.227.7.131 with SMTP id d3mr2463063wbd.83.1281781671474; Sat, 14 Aug 2010 03:27:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa [217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id i25sm3258283wbi.22.2010.08.14.03.27.50 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 14 Aug 2010 03:27:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] b43-legacy and newer linux kernels? Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:27:48 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (Linux/2.6.34-gentoo-r1; KDE/4.4.5; x86_64; ; ) References: <726837.95093.qm@web51904.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <4C658DC8.80506@gmail.com> <201008141118.38041.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201008141118.38041.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1461795.aLrqvLiVqt"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201008141127.49878.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 4354477d-1383-4f97-8eb8-35ab31e65148 X-Archives-Hash: fa4a933a48761d75e9f830bfd5302a91 --nextPart1461795.aLrqvLiVqt Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Saturday 14 August 2010 11:18:17 you wrote: > On Friday 13 August 2010 19:24:08 Bill Longman wrote: > > On 08/13/2010 10:58 AM, BRM wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > >=20 > > >> On 13 August 2010 09:08, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > >>> On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:10:02 -0700 (PDT), BRM wrote: > > >>>> but even so - they are saying this has to be done on every reboot, > > >>>> and that's not much of a solution. > > >>>=20 > > >>> Put the commands in /etc/conf.d/local.start, or the start section > > >>> of /etc/conf.d/local if using baselayout2. > > >>=20 > > >> Have you been through the guidance in this page to find out which > > >> kernel driver you ought to use with your card? > > >> http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 > > >=20 > > > Yes. Unfortunately it's a 14e4:4320/ with BCM4306/2 Chip set (4306 Rev > > > 2), so it requires the b43-legacy driver, and only firmware version > > > FW10 supports the hardware from what I can tell. > > >=20 > > > It just seems to me that I went from a working wireless on 2.6.30 to a > > > non-working wireless on 2.6.34. I'd really like to get back to a > > > working wireless card, and be on the newer kernel. > >=20 > > I feel your pain, Ben. I remember about three years ago having my laptop > > working great with all manner of 802.11 cards. I could do my work > > anywhere in the house. And then it all just kind of melted. A new kernel > > for one thing but somehow something else fell apart. I've pretty much > > written off any wireless on Linux now. My time is worth more than the > > hours of troubleshooting. Keep plugging, you just might get it. >=20 > Well, there's always ndiswrapper and the MSWindows driver to consider, wh= en > all Linux solutions fail or don't work that well. >=20 > I see on kernel v2.6.34-gentoo-r1 that CONFIG_B43LEGACY will now use V3 > firmware, which must be installed separately using b43-fwcutter. >=20 > Has the OP tried that? >=20 > PS. The kernel help is also recommending that b43legacy is installed as a > module. I read again your original post. I think that you have been trying to use = the=20 wrong firmware. The link I suggested recommends that you use b43_fwcutter = to=20 install this firmware: http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o Alternatively, you may want to experiment with whatever is the latest firmw= are=20 in Broadcom's website and see if any of those work. =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart1461795.aLrqvLiVqt Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.15 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkxmb6UACgkQVTDTR3kpaLaO0wCdEWX+4mVGMEcePU8XHimk+gsF eUcAn3ei4yaMCslPOof9R2gOko1oLlEj =U/yo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1461795.aLrqvLiVqt--