I'm having a similar problem with the same kernel.
http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/4968
Any suggestions?
2006/7/7, Michael Kjelbergvik Thung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
GothicKnight wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Jul 2006 20:53:46 +0100, Michael Kjelbergvik Thung
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>> Hi,
>> I recently upgraded to kernel 2.6.17-beyond and removed ndiswrapper as
>> I heard it wasn't necessary for my BroadCom 4306 built-in wlan (laptop)
>> anymore, since bcm43xx is a built-in kernel module as of 2.7.17-rc2.
>>
>> I can't, however, do ifconfig eth1 up, as this yields:
>>
>> eth1: unknown interface: No such device
>>
>> This is what dmesg |grep bcm43xx yields:
>> bcm43xx driver
>> bcm43xx: Chip ID 0x4301, rev 0x0
>> bcm43xx: Number of cores: 5
>> bcm43xx: Core 0: ID 0x812, rev 0x2, vendor 0x4243, disabled
>> bcm43xx: Core 1: ID 0x80d, rev 0x0, vendor 0x4243, enabled
>> bcm43xx: Core 2: ID 0x806, rev 0x2, vendor 0x4243, disabled
>> bcm43xx: Core 3: ID 0x807, rev 0x1, vendor 0x4243, disabled
>> bcm43xx: Core 4: ID 0x804, rev 0x3, vendor 0x4243, enabled
>> bcm43xx: PHY connected
>> bcm43xx: Detected PHY: Version: 0, Type 1, Revision 4
>> bcm43xx: Detected Radio: ID: 2205317f (Manuf: 17f Ver: 2053 Rev: 2)
>> bcm43xx: Radio turned off
>> bcm43xx: Radio turned off
>> bcm43xx: PHY connected
>> bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode2.fw" not available or load
>> failed.
>>
>> Comparing this to a successful run made by others, the last line is the
>> only one that doesn't belong.
>>
>> Machine specs: Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo D 1840 laptop, 512mb RAM, Intel P4
>> 3ghz, BroadCom 4306 802.11b wireless. Running a very current system.
>>
>> Anyone know of any solution? thanks!
>>
>>
>
> You need the fwcutter to get the firmware from the windows drivers and
> paste
> it in /lib/firmware
>
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Thank you. This works perfectly.
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