bcm43xx microcode error

Sun Jan 8 11:03:57 UTC 2006

Dave Jones wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 10:57:14PM +0100, DI Mario Bruckschwaiger wrote:
>  > Hello,
>  > 
>  > when using the latest kernel-2.6.15-1.1826.2.4_FC5 and the bcm43xx 
>  > driver instead of ndiswrapper I get the error:
>  > 
>  > bcm43xxx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xxx_microcode5.fw" not available or 
>  > load failed
> 
> You need to grab the firmware out of a windows driver
> ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/bcm43xx/snapshots/fwcutter  is a good starting point.

The wireless device works perfectly when setting the parameters from the 
command line with iwconfig but not with the netprofile kernel parameter. 
Only the essid gets set but no rate and no channel. It worked with 
linuxant driverloader and ndiswrapper. Any idea what I am doing wrong?

Mario.