[elrepo] [elrepo-devel] Broken kmod-compat-wireless package

[Roy Bonser]

Hi, I have been trying to test the new kmod-compat-wireless rpms on a newly
installed rhel6.3 laptop and can not get the firmware to load. I have the
firmware files extracted and in the /lib/firmware/b43 folder. The kmod
loads but says the firmware is missing. Here is the info from dmesg:

Compat-wireless backport release: compat-wireless-v3.5-3
Backport based on linux-stable.git v3.5
compat.git: linux-stable.git
bcma-pci-bridge 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKB] -> GSI 11 (level,
low) -> IRQ 11
bcma-pci-bridge 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
bcma: Found chip with id 0x4331, rev 0x02 and package 0x09
bcma: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x800, rev 0x25, class 0x0)
bcma: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x812, rev 0x1D, class 0x0)
bcma: Core 2 found: PCIe (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x820, rev 0x13, class 0x0)
bcma: Bus registered
cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
cfg80211:   (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain,
max_eirp)
cfg80211:   (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
cfg80211:   (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
cfg80211:   (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
cfg80211:   (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
cfg80211:   (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
b43-phy0: Broadcom 4331 WLAN found (core revision 29)
b43-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 9, Type 7, Revision 1
b43-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2059, Revision 0
Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PMNLS ]
b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode29_mimo.fw" not found
b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode29_mimo.fw" not found
b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download
the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all
instructions on this website.

# ls -l /lib/firmware/b43/ucode29_mimo.fw
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 39760 Aug 13 16:00 /lib/firmware/b43/ucode29_mimo.fw

# uname -a
Linux testmac 2.6.32-279.2.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Jul 5 21:08:58 EDT 2012
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

# rpm -q kmod-compat-wireless
kmod-compat-wireless-3.5-3.el6.elrepo.x86_64

Hardware is a new mid-2012 macbook pro. Any suggestions? Is there a way to
see where it is looking for the firmware files? Do you need more info?

Thanks,
  --Roy

On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 6:05 PM, Phil Perry <phil at elrepo.org> wrote:

> On 13/08/12 19:28, ni at centergate.net wrote:
>
>>
>>  There have been problems with this driver too. Some Later versions just
>>> stopped working on some chipsets.
>>>
>>> There is an easier method for this driver though - some repositories do
>>> offer a binary version, for example search here:
>>>
>>> http://pkgs.org/centos-6-rhel-**6/nux-dextop-i386/kmod-wl-5_**
>>> 100_82_112-1.el6.el6.nux.i686.**rpm.html<http://pkgs.org/centos-6-rhel-6/nux-dextop-i386/kmod-wl-5_100_82_112-1.el6.el6.nux.i686.rpm.html>
>>>
>>>
>>> That will save you having to compile the driver yourself so it's also
>>> worth a try.
>>>
>>
>> I had it compiled already from testing it previously, I tried it first
>> (I'm getting myself confused, should I have compat-wireless-kmod
>> installed while testing this? It currently is installed).
>>
>>
> No, these are two completely different drivers for the same hardware.
>
> You will need to uninstall kmod-compat-wireless first before attempting to
> install kmod-wl.
>
> It's probably not a good idea to even build the wl driver on a system with
> kmod-compat-wireless installed.
>
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