[conspire] Fedora 12 wireless hell

[Tony Godshall]

So modprobe b43 doesn't work with the .fw file in /lib/firmware?  I
didn't know you'd tried that.

Best Regards.



On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 23:00, Ehud Kaldor <ehud.kaldor at gmail.com> wrote:
> for good measure, i thought it was clear that the script would do that.
> and to your point - i will, honestly i wanted too, but it did not work for
> me. compromising as i am, i need my wireless to function.
>
> Ehud
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Tony Godshall <tony at of.net> wrote:
>>
>> Gah! That installs their whole driver.
>>
>> When I did it I just extracted the .fw file and put it in the place
>> the good open source kernel driver (b43) could find it (/lib/firmware)
>>
>> What you just did blocked the open source kernel driver and said use
>> the proprietary driver.
>>
>> It's bad enough to use a proprietary blob for the firmware- I'd avoid
>> using a proprietary blob driver since it will break future kernels.
>>
>> Best Regards.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 21:17, Ehud Kaldor <ehud.kaldor at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > thanks.
>> > as i mentioned, i found the driver buried in the Broadcom, in the
>> > basement
>> > of the planning office, where both the lights and stairs had been
>> > removed,
>> > in an old
>> > filing cabinet locked in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door
>> > saying
>> > “Beware of the Leopard.” here:
>> > http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
>> > the readme includes detailed instructions on how to install, which i
>> > summarized in the following script:
>> >
>> > #broadcom wireless driver
>> > yum install -y gcc kernel-devel kernel-headers wget #needed to build
>> > mkdir broadcom
>> > cd broadcom
>> > wget
>> >
>> > http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/hybrid-portsrc-x86_32-v5.60.48.36.tar.gz
>> > tar xvf hybrid-portsrc-x86_32-v5.60.48.36.tar.gz
>> > make clean
>> > make
>> > rmmod b43
>> > rmmod ssb
>> > rmmod wl
>> > echo "blacklist ssb" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
>> > echo "blacklist b43" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
>> > modprobe lib80211
>> > modprobe ieee80211_crypt_tkip
>> > insmod wl.ko
>> > cp wl.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/wireless
>> > depmod -a
>> > echo modeprobe wl >> /etc/rc.local
>> > cd ..
>> > rm -rf broadcom
>> > rm -f hybrid-portsrc-x86_32-v5.60.48.36.tar.gz
>> >
>> > worked for me (unfortunately, more than once). half my kingdom for
>> > whoever
>> > writes a default package that includes low-level driver for the major
>> > arch's
>> > of wireless out there.
>> >
>> > Ehud
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 5:53 PM, Tony Godshall <tony at of.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> ...
>> >> [Rick wrote]
>> >> > And, you know what?  I'm betting that your sole problem is not having
>> >> > that firmware image, so you may now be in luck.
>> >> ...
>> >>
>> >> [my 2c]
>> >> If the system identifies the right driver but there's no firmware for
>> >> it, dmesg should show you a message to that effect.  It did when I had
>> >> to configure "the dreaded b43".
>> >> # dmesg|egrep -i 'firmware|b43'
>> >>
>> >> Tony
>> >
>> >
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