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:<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, 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, 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 <a href="http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware">http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware</a> and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.<br>
<br># ls -l /lib/firmware/b43/ucode29_mimo.fw <br>-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 39760 Aug 13 16:00 /lib/firmware/b43/ucode29_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 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux<br>
<br># rpm -q kmod-compat-wireless<br>kmod-compat-wireless-3.5-3.el6.elrepo.x86_64<br><br>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?<br>
<br>Thanks,<br> --Roy<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 6:05 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 19:28, <a href="mailto:ni@centergate.net" target="_blank">ni@centergate.net</a> wrote:<br>
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There have been problems with this driver too. Some Later versions just<br>
stopped working on some chipsets.<br>
<br>
There is an easier method for this driver though - some repositories do<br>
offer a binary version, for example search here:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://pkgs.org/centos-6-rhel-6/nux-dextop-i386/kmod-wl-5_100_82_112-1.el6.el6.nux.i686.rpm.html" target="_blank">http://pkgs.org/centos-6-rhel-<u></u>6/nux-dextop-i386/kmod-wl-5_<u></u>100_82_112-1.el6.el6.nux.i686.<u></u>rpm.html</a><br>
<br>
<br>
That will save you having to compile the driver yourself so it's also<br>
worth a try.<br>
</blockquote>
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I had it compiled already from testing it previously, I tried it first<br>
(I'm getting myself confused, should I have compat-wireless-kmod<br>
installed while testing this? It currently is installed).<br>
<br>
</blockquote>
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No, these are two completely different drivers for the same hardware.<br>
<br>
You will need to uninstall kmod-compat-wireless first before attempting to install kmod-wl.<br>
<br>
It's probably not a good idea to even build the wl driver on a system with kmod-compat-wireless installed.<br>
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