On 08/18/2017 01:23 AM, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 8:24 AM, Roger Oberholtzer <roger.oberholtzer@gmail.com> wrote:
As the machine has no networking until this is corrected, the is a slower process that is usually the case.
I now get the message that "Dual-core devices are not supported"
Seems this means that the firmware I am using is not correct. I do not know why. I have the files in place and they are obviously loaded as I no longer get that complaint.
I see a discussion of this here:
https://forums.opensuse.org/content.php/157-Broadcom-firmware-is-needed-for-...
I will next try that. How it is different from the manual method described elsewhere in the openSUSE wiki is unclear. Are there different versions of the firmware, and perhaps I am using the wrong RPM?
I found a little more background on your problem. That message about dual cores was submitted as commit 8f15e28703d1 ("b43: ssb: refuse to support more than one IEEE 802.11 core"). The above patch was applied to kernel 3.16. You stated that you had not used your device for some time. Obviously, previous use was with kernel 3.15 or older. Driver b43 never supported the 5G band in any of the devices. Some, including yours, were dual band with a separate 802.11 core for each band. Handling them was tricky, thus the rejection of any such devices. I have Cc'd the author of that patch to see if he can think of a way to get your device working. Reverting that patch would restore the old behavior, but that would probably affect a lot more users. Larry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org