Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (242 mails)

[Mariusz Fik <fisiu82@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Dnia środa, 24 marca 2010 o 16:27:26 Larry Finger napisał(a):
> On 03/24/2010 08:32 AM, Mariusz Fik wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I made some feature request about include opensource firmware[1] for
> > broadcom wifi cards into default installation media.
> > https://features.opensuse.org/306619
> >
> > I made a package with this firmware in my home repo[2]. It has been build
> > for oS 11.2 and Factory and resides in noarch.
> > After installing this package, firmware is located in '/lib/firmware/b43-
> > open'. b43 tries to load firmware first from '/lib/firmware/b43', if
> > there is no firmware tries load from '/lib/firmware/b43-open'. Here is a
> > dmesg output:
> >
> > [ 1298.420958] b43-phy2: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found (core revision 9)
> > [ 1298.529980] phy2: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel'
> > [ 1298.556896] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PML, Firmware-ID:
> > FW13 ]
> > [ 1303.347086] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw
> > [ 1303.360600] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43-open/ucode5.fw
> > [ 1303.386197] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43-open/pcm5.fw
> > [ 1303.406365] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43-open/b0g0initvals5.fw
> > [ 1303.430840] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting
> > b43-open/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw [ 1303.533063] b43-phy2: Loading OpenSource
> > firmware version 410.31754 [ 1303.533085] b43-phy2: Hardware crypto
> > acceleration not supported by firmware
> > [ 1303.533094] b43-phy2: QoS not supported by firmware
> > [ 1303.606220] Registered led device: b43-phy2::tx
> > [ 1303.628692] Registered led device: b43-phy2::rx
> > [ 1303.630645] Registered led device: b43-phy2::radio
> > [ 1303.654720] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
> >
> >
> > Then if we want install proprietary firmware, we execute
> > 'install_bcm43xx_firmware', which install firmware into
> > '/lib/firmware/b43'. Then dmesg output looks like this one:
> >
> > [  116.655170] b43-phy1: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found (core revision 9)
> > [  116.771684] phy1: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel'
> > [  116.829284] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PML, Firmware-ID:
> > FW13 ]
> > [  121.359077] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw
> > [  121.376799] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/pcm5.fw
> > [  121.394859] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0initvals5.fw
> > [  121.412569] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw
> > [  121.548055] b43-phy1: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26
> > 15:32:10)
> > [  121.610461] Registered led device: b43-phy1::tx
> > [  121.637110] Registered led device: b43-phy1::rx
> > [  121.639184] Registered led device: b43-phy1::radio
> > [  121.663270] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
> >
> > So it is not in conflict with our existing solution.
> > Which devel project should I choose for this firmware?
> >
> > [1] - http://www.ing.unibs.it/openfwwf/
> > [2] - http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Fisiu/
>
> Are you aware that the current release of openfwwf has a serious bug that
>  panics the kernel under heavy load? Kernels 2.6.33 and newer have fixed
>  the panic, but not the problem. As I originally found the bug, I am
>  working with the openfwwf authors and have recently tested an experimental
>  firmware for them that does not have the problem, but it is not yet ready
>  for release.
>
> I agree that open-source firmware should be included even though current
> versions only support a very small subset of BCM43XX devices; however,
>  including firmware that can crash the machine is not a viable option for
>  general users. Please wait until the problem is fixed.
>
> Larry
Anyway Fedora and Sidux use it. Maybe other distros use it too...
Will openSUSE 11.3 use .33 kernel? If yes, as You said, it got panic fixed.
-- 
Pozdrawiam / Best regards,
Mariusz Fik,
openSUSE Community Member