Thanks for the info. I saw the error, I just wasn't sure it was actually looking in /lib/firmware since the file exists there.<br><br>Here is the info you asked for:<br><br># lsmod | grep firmware<br>compat_firmware_class 7614 1 b43<br>
compat 26336 6 b43,mac80211,cfg80211,bcma,ssb,compat_firmware_class<br><br># lsmod | grep b43<br>b43 395120 0 <br>mac80211 286661 1 b43<br>cfg80211 193492 2 b43,mac80211<br>
bcma 29837 1 b43<br>ssb 59632 1 b43<br>compat_firmware_class 7614 1 b43<br>compat 26336 6 b43,mac80211,cfg80211,bcma,ssb,compat_firmware_class<br>mmc_core 77140 3 b43,ssb,sdhci<br>
<br>Thank you for your time on this.<br><br> --Roy<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Phil Perry <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:phil@elrepo.org" target="_blank">phil@elrepo.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 13/08/12 23:42, Roy Bonser wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi, I have been trying to test the new kmod-compat-wireless rpms on a newly<br>
installed rhel6.3 laptop and can not get the firmware to load. I have the<br>
firmware files extracted and in the /lib/firmware/b43 folder. The kmod<br>
loads but says the firmware is missing. Here is the info from dmesg:<br>
<br>
Compat-wireless backport release: compat-wireless-v3.5-3<br>
Backport based on linux-stable.git v3.5<br>
compat.git: linux-stable.git<br>
bcma-pci-bridge 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKB] -> GSI 11 (level,<br>
low) -> IRQ 11<br>
bcma-pci-bridge 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64<br>
bcma: Found chip with id 0x4331, rev 0x02 and package 0x09<br>
bcma: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x800, rev 0x25, class 0x0)<br>
bcma: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x812, rev 0x1D, class 0x0)<br>
bcma: Core 2 found: PCIe (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x820, rev 0x13, class 0x0)<br>
bcma: Bus registered<br>
cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain<br>
cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:<br>
cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain,<br>
max_eirp)<br>
cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)<br>
cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)<br>
cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)<br>
cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)<br>
cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)<br>
b43-phy0: Broadcom 4331 WLAN found (core revision 29)<br>
b43-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 9, Type 7, Revision 1<br>
b43-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2059, Revision 0<br>
Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PMNLS ]<br>
b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode29_mimo.fw" not found<br>
b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode29_mimo.fw" not found<br>
b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to<br>
<a href="http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware" target="_blank">http://wireless.kernel.org/en/<u></u>users/Drivers/b43#<u></u>devicefirmware</a> and download<br>
the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all<br>
instructions on this website.<br>
<br>
# ls -l /lib/firmware/b43/ucode29_<u></u>mimo.fw<br>
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 39760 Aug 13 16:00 /lib/firmware/b43/ucode29_<u></u>mimo.fw<br>
<br>
# uname -a<br>
Linux testmac 2.6.32-279.2.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Jul 5 21:08:58 EDT 2012<br>
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux<br>
<br>
# rpm -q kmod-compat-wireless<br>
kmod-compat-wireless-3.5-3.<u></u>el6.elrepo.x86_64<br>
<br>
Hardware is a new mid-2012 macbook pro. Any suggestions? Is there a way to<br>
see where it is looking for the firmware files? Do you need more info?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
--Roy<br>
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
Hi Roy,<br>
<br>
Thanks for the info.<br>
<br>
Dmesg above has already told you where it's looking for the firmware:<br>
<br>
b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode29_mimo.fw" not found<br>
<br>
so that would be /lib/firmware/b43/ucode29_<u></u>mimo.fw<br>
<br>
A common trait emerging seems to relate to firmware failing to load, and I believe the new v3.5 compat-wireless branch uses a new firmware loader so I suspect some incompatibility somewhere along these lines. I'll try to look into this next week but it's difficult without hardware to test.<br>
<br>
With the driver loaded, do you see any firmware related modules loaded? For example, any output from:<br>
<br>
/sbin/lsmod | grep firmware<br>
<br>
and can you show us:<br>
<br>
/sbin/lsmod | grep b43<br>
<br>
Thanks.<br>
<br>
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