2.6.22-41 and bcm43xx

[Jesus Jr M Salvo]

On 13/08/07, Jesus Jr M Salvo <jesus.m.salvo at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 13/08/07, Martin Marques <martin at bugs.unl.edu.ar> wrote:
> > Jesus Jr M Salvo escribió:
> > > On 12/08/07, Jesus Jr M Salvo <jesus.m.salvo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> With the new kernel ( 2.6.22.1-41 x86_64 ), I started getting these
> > >> error messages during bootup ( which I did not receive in previous
> > >> kernels such as 2.6.21-1.3228:
> > >>
> >
> > [snip]
> > >>
> > >> bcm43xx-phy0 debug: Chip initialized
> > >> bcm43xx-phy0 debug: 32-bit DMA initialized
> > >> bcm43xx-phy0 debug: Wireless interface started
> > >> ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Any ideas ?
> > >>
> > >
> > > Forgot to mention my actual card. From lspci -vv:
> >
> > Those the wireless card work?
> >
> > Try updating the fireware to version 4 at least.
> >
>
> If I try a v4 firmware, I get the following:
>
> $ bcm43xx-fwcutter --identify bcmwl564.sys
> *** WARNING ***
> This file contains new version4
> firmware. v4 firmware is _not_ supported by
> the driver in mainline kernels. For v4 firmware
> you need latest bcm43xx development version
> (wireless-dev kernel tree). If you don't know what
> this warning is about, use a 3.xx.xx.xx driver version
> instead to extract the firmware.
>
>
>   filename   :  bcmwl564.sys
>   version    :  4.100.15.5
>   MD5        :  feaf7ec9f38a37945b6fb169617ec859
>   microcodes :  4 5 11 13
>   pcms       :  4 5
>
>   microcode  :  4
>   revision   :  0x0173
>   patchlevel :  0x0425
>   date       :  2006-10-04
>   time       :  21:02:04
>
>   microcode  :  5
>   revision   :  0x0173
>   patchlevel :  0x0425
>   date       :  2006-10-04
>   time       :  21:02:04
>
>   microcode  :  11
>   revision   :  0x0173
>   patchlevel :  0x0425
>   date       :  2006-10-04
>   time       :  21:02:04
>
>   microcode  :  13
>   revision   :  0x0173
>   patchlevel :  0x0425
>   date       :  2006-10-04
>   time       :  21:02:04
>
>
> .... and hence, avoided v4 firmware.
>

Come to think of it, I actually don't recall if I am using a v3
firmware or if I am already using   a v4 firmware, because the .sys
file above was from my notebook manufacturer's download driver site,
and it is the latest .... so I may already have v4 running. How do I
find out which version of firmware I am using ?