Re: bcm43xx firmware is too old

[alan <alan clueserver org>]

On Fri, 11 May 2007, Clifford Snow wrote:

> On Fri, 2007-05-11 at 14:10 -0700, alan wrote:
> > On Fri, 11 May 2007, Clifford Snow wrote:
> >
> > > Received the following error message on F7 Test 4:
> > > kernel: bcm43xx_mac80211: YOUR FIRMWARE IS TOO OLD. Firmware from binary
> > > drivers older than version 4.x is unsupported. You must upgrade your
> > > firmware files.
> > .
> >
> > This really depends on the model number and revision of your chipset.
> >
> > I have a bcm4306 revision 2 chipset.  The bcm43xx_mac80211 driver will not
> > work for me.  (The chipset does not have enough memory for the revision 4
> > firmware.)  I had to blacklist that driver and use the old bcm43xx driver.
>
> I also have the bcm4306 revision 2 chipset.  I'm not sure what you mean
> by blacklist the driver to use the old bcm43xx driver.
>
> If the older chip isn't able to handle the requirements for the new
> bcm43xx module, shouldn't that be discovered on install?

"Should" and "Does" are two different things.

Add the module name to /etc/modules.d/blacklist.  (Edit the file and you 
will see what it wants for format.)

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