bcm43xx and kernel-2.6.22.5-76.fc7

[Martin Marques]

Jeff Stewart escribió:
> Hi,
> 
> Is anyone successfully using the bcm43xx driver and 
> kernel-2.6.22.5-76.fc7?  Everything works fine for me with all kernels 
> up to now, but not the latest one.  lsmod shows the proper modules 
> loaded, but the wireless interface doesn't exist.  I also don't see any 
> of the "SoftMAC: Scanning ..." type messages in /var/log/messages.  In 
> fact, the only thing that shows up in messages is:
> 
> Sep 19 17:26:25 vapid kernel: bcm43xx driver
> 
> Nothing else..
> 
> I wish I had more debug-type of info, but that's all I get.  My wireless 
> adapter info is:
> 
> 02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4309 802.11a/b/g 
> (rev 03)
> 
> Like I said earlier, I've had no problems with the bcm43xx driver up til 
> the -76 kernel.

My WIFI:

03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN 
Mini-PCI Card (rev 01)

[root at localhost ~]# uname -r
2.6.22.5-76.fc7

firmware v4

Excellent results. With earlier versions I couldn't get better the 11M 
connections.

What version of firmare are you using? I heard thet version 3 doesn't 
work anymore. You also need the new fwcutter.

> 
> TIA
> -- 
> Jeff Stewart
>