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Hi, i have updated Etch installed, Dell inspiron 1501 laptop, which has broadcom wireless chip on it. i followed the every instruction step by step on http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/
 . since i have an supported chip (4311 rev1) according to the list on bcm43xx homepage, i installed the bcm43xx-fwcutter, run it and get the needed *.fw files under /lib/firmware, but udev couldnt create device file for my wireless ethernet. here is the commands i typed and results.
sinan:/home/sinan# lspci -nn | grep 14e405:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card [14e4:4311] (rev 01)08:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX [14e4:170c] (rev 02)
sinan:/home/sinan#modprobe bcm43xxdmesg;ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'ieee80211: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation <
jketreno@linux.intel.com>bcm43xx driverlsmod;bcm43xx 408640 0firmware_class 10048 1 bcm43xxieee80211softmac 27456 1 bcm43xx
ieee80211 30664 2 bcm43xx,ieee80211softmacieee80211_crypt 6272 1 ieee80211udev-monitor;sinan:/sys/class/net# udevmonitorudevmonitor prints the received event from the kernel [UEVENT]
and the event which udev sends out after rule processing [UDEV]UEVENT[1193788238.883126] add@/module/ieee80211_cryptUDEV [1193788238.884073] add@/module/ieee80211_cryptUEVENT[1193788238.886112] add@/module/ieee80211
UDEV [1193788238.887048] add@/module/ieee80211UEVENT[1193788238.888978] add@/module/ieee80211softmacUDEV [1193788238.889910] add@/module/ieee80211softmacUEVENT[1193788238.891280] add@/module/firmware_class
UEVENT[1193788238.894374] add@/module/bcm43xxUEVENT[1193788238.906811] add@/bus/pci/drivers/bcm43xxUDEV [1193788238.907735] add@/module/firmware_classUDEV [1193788238.908371] add@/module/bcm43xxUDEV [
1193788238.908935] add@/bus/pci/drivers/bcm43xxkernel is 2.6.18-5-k7what can i try from here,i dont want to use ndiwrapper.thanks.

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bcm43xx problem

Submitted by Sinan Nalkaya on Fri, 2007-11-02 07:00.

thanks for reply. i'll try new kernel or go for Devicescape 802.11 Stack.On 11/1/07, Florian Kulzer <
florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es> wrote:
On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 00:55:07 +0200, Sinan Nalkaya wrote:> Hi,>> i have updated Etch installed, Dell inspiron 1501 laptop, which has broadcom> wireless chip on it. i followed the every instruction step by step on
> http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ . since i have an supported chip (4311 rev1)> according to the list on bcm43xx homepage, i installed the> bcm43xx-fwcutter, run it and get the needed *.fw files under
> /lib/firmware, but udev couldnt create device file for my> wireless ethernet. here is the commands i typed and results.>> sinan:/home/sinan# lspci -nn | grep 14e4> 05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card [14e4:4311] (rev 01)
> 08:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX [14e4:170c] (rev 02)> sinan:/home/sinan#modprobe bcm43xx> dmesg;> ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
> ieee80211: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13> ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation> bcm43xx driverI think you would see more "bcm43xx" lines if the driver worked
properly.> lsmod;> bcm43xx 408640 0> firmware_class 10048 1 bcm43xx> ieee80211softmac 27456 1 bcm43xx> ieee80211 30664 2 bcm43xx,ieee80211softmac> ieee80211_crypt 6272 1 ieee80211
>> udev-monitor;> sinan:/sys/class/net# udevmonitor> udevmonitor prints the received event from the kernel [UEVENT]> and the event which udev sends out after rule processing [UDEV]>
> UEVENT[1193788238.883126] add@/module/ieee80211_crypt> UDEV [1193788238.884073] add@/module/ieee80211_crypt> UEVENT[1193788238.886112] add@/module/ieee80211> UDEV [1193788238.887048] add@/module/ieee80211
> UEVENT[1193788238.888978] add@/module/ieee80211softmac> UDEV [1193788238.889910] add@/module/ieee80211softmac> UEVENT[1193788238.891280] add@/module/firmware_class> UEVENT[1193788238.894374] add@/module/bcm43xx
> UEVENT[1193788238.906811] add@/bus/pci/drivers/bcm43xx> UDEV [1193788238.907735] add@/module/firmware_class> UDEV [1193788238.908371] add@/module/bcm43xx> UDEV [1193788238.908935] add@/bus/pci/drivers/bcm43xx
>> kernel is 2.6.18-5-k7>> what can i try from here,i dont want to use ndiwrapper.A backported 2.6.22 kernel for Etch is available from www.backports.org
.The git history of the kernel lists a "Fix for 4311" which was committedon 2007-02-14 (2.6.18 was released on 2006-09-19):
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.23.y.git;a=commit;h=740ac4fb08866d702be90f167665d03759bd27d0Maybe you will have more success with the newer kernel.--Regards,            |
http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer          Florian   |--To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org
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