BCM43xx + 2.6.31-14 kernel = fail -- any ideas?

**jamaisvu** · November 4th, 2009

I've just updated the last of my computers (you know, the old one that always springs some sort of nasty surprise on you -- I'm sure everyone has one) to Karmic. And the BCM4303 wireless card doesn't want to play with the new kernel.

I've run:

Code:

james@james-desktop:~$ sudo aptitude reinstall bcmwl-kernel-source
[sudo] password for james: 
Reading package lists... Wedi Gorffen
Building dependency tree             
Reading state information... Wedi Gorffen
Reading extended state information       
Initializing package states... Wedi Gorffen
The following packages will be REINSTALLED:
  bcmwl-kernel-source 
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/618kB of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Writing extended state information... Wedi Gorffen
(Reading database ... 399804 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace bcmwl-kernel-source 5.10.91.9+bdcom-0ubuntu4 (using .../bcmwl-kernel-source_5.10.91.9+bdcom-0ubuntu4_i386.deb) ...
Removing all DKMS Modules
Done.
Unpacking replacement bcmwl-kernel-source ...
Setting up bcmwl-kernel-source (5.10.91.9+bdcom-0ubuntu4) ...
Adding Module to DKMS build system
Doing initial module build
Installing initial module
Done.
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)

Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
Reading package lists... Wedi Gorffen             
Building dependency tree             
Reading state information... Wedi Gorffen
Reading extended state information       
Initializing package states... Wedi Gorffen

Which looked like a good result to me. So I followed that with:

Code:

james@james-desktop:~$ sudo reboot now

But when it rebooted, it still didn't work. Here's the output of dmesg:

Code:

james@james-desktop:~$ dmesg
[    0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset
[    0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpu
[    0.000000] Linux version 2.6.31-14-generic (buildd@rothera) (gcc version 4.4.1 (Ubuntu 4.4.1-4ubuntu8) ) #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:04:26 UTC 2009 (Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic)
[    0.000000] KERNEL supported cpus:
[    0.000000]   Intel GenuineIntel
[    0.000000]   AMD AuthenticAMD
[    0.000000]   NSC Geode by NSC
[    0.000000]   Cyrix CyrixInstead
[    0.000000]   Centaur CentaurHauls
[    0.000000]   Transmeta GenuineTMx86
[    0.000000]   Transmeta TransmetaCPU
[    0.000000]   UMC UMC UMC UMC
[    0.000000] BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000003dff0000 (usable)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 000000003dff0000 - 000000003dff3000 (ACPI NVS)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 000000003dff3000 - 000000003e000000 (ACPI data)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 00000000fec01000 (reserved)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fee01000 (reserved)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 00000000ffff0000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
[    0.000000] DMI 2.2 present.
[    0.000000] Phoenix BIOS detected: BIOS may corrupt low RAM, working around it.
[    0.000000] e820 update range: 0000000000000000 - 0000000000010000 (usable) ==> (reserved)
[    0.000000] last_pfn = 0x3dff0 max_arch_pfn = 0x100000
[    0.000000] MTRR default type: uncachable
[    0.000000] MTRR fixed ranges enabled:
[    0.000000]   00000-9FFFF write-back
[    0.000000]   A0000-BFFFF uncachable
[    0.000000]   C0000-C7FFF write-protect
[    0.000000]   C8000-FFFFF uncachable
[    0.000000] MTRR variable ranges enabled:
[    0.000000]   0 base 000000000 mask FC0000000 write-back
[    0.000000]   1 base 03E000000 mask FFE000000 uncachable
[    0.000000]   2 base 0D0000000 mask FF8000000 write-combining
[    0.000000]   3 base 0D0000000 mask FF8000000 write-combining
[    0.000000]   4 disabled
[    0.000000]   5 disabled
[    0.000000]   6 disabled
[    0.000000]   7 disabled
[    0.000000] x86 PAT enabled: cpu 0, old 0x7040600070406, new 0x7010600070106
[    0.000000] Scanning 0 areas for low memory corruption
[    0.000000] modified physical RAM map:
[    0.000000]  modified: 0000000000000000 - 0000000000010000 (reserved)
[    0.000000]  modified: 0000000000010000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable)
[    0.000000]  modified: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
[    0.000000]  modified: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
[    0.000000]  modified: 0000000000100000 - 000000003dff0000 (usable)
[    0.000000]  modified: 000000003dff0000 - 000000003dff3000 (ACPI NVS)
[    0.000000]  modified: 000000003dff3000 - 000000003e000000 (ACPI data)
[    0.000000]  modified: 00000000fec00000 - 00000000fec01000 (reserved)
[    0.000000]  modified: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fee01000 (reserved)
[    0.000000]  modified: 00000000ffff0000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
[    0.000000] initial memory mapped : 0 - 00c00000
[    0.000000] init_memory_mapping: 0000000000000000-00000000377fe000
[    0.000000] Using x86 segment limits to approximate NX protection
[    0.000000]  0000000000 - 0000400000 page 4k
[    0.000000]  0000400000 - 0037400000 page 2M
[    0.000000]  0037400000 - 00377fe000 page 4k
[    0.000000] kernel direct mapping tables up to 377fe000 @ 10000-15000
[    0.000000] RAMDISK: 37869000 - 37fef929
[    0.000000] Allocated new RAMDISK: 008ad000 - 01033929
[    0.000000] Move RAMDISK from 0000000037869000 - 0000000037fef928 to 008ad000 - 01033928
[    0.000000] ACPI: RSDP 000f8250 00014 (v00 VT8375)
[    0.000000] ACPI: RSDT 3dff3000 0002C (v01 VT8375 AWRDACPI 42302E31 AWRD 00000000)
[    0.000000] ACPI: FACP 3dff3040 00074 (v01 VT8375 AWRDACPI 42302E31 AWRD 00000000)
[    0.000000] ACPI: DSDT 3dff30c0 039ED (v01 VT8375 AWRDACPI 00001000 MSFT 0100000D)
[    0.000000] ACPI: FACS 3dff0000 00040
[    0.000000] ACPI: APIC 3dff6ac0 0005A (v01 VT8375 AWRDACPI 42302E31 AWRD 00000000)
[    0.000000] ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000
[    0.000000] 103MB HIGHMEM available.
[    0.000000] 887MB LOWMEM available.
[    0.000000]   mapped low ram: 0 - 377fe000
[    0.000000]   low ram: 0 - 377fe000
[    0.000000]   node 0 low ram: 00000000 - 377fe000
[    0.000000]   node 0 bootmap 00011000 - 00017f00
[    0.000000] (9 early reservations) ==> bootmem [0000000000 - 00377fe000]
[    0.000000]   #0 [0000000000 - 0000001000]   BIOS data page ==> [0000000000 - 0000001000]
[    0.000000]   #1 [0000001000 - 0000002000]    EX TRAMPOLINE ==> [0000001000 - 0000002000]
[    0.000000]   #2 [0000006000 - 0000007000]       TRAMPOLINE ==> [0000006000 - 0000007000]
[    0.000000]   #3 [0000100000 - 00008a80a0]    TEXT DATA BSS ==> [0000100000 - 00008a80a0]
[    0.000000]   #4 [000009fc00 - 0000100000]    BIOS reserved ==> [000009fc00 - 0000100000]
[    0.000000]   #5 [00008a9000 - 00008ac0b2]              BRK ==> [00008a9000 - 00008ac0b2]
[    0.000000]   #6 [0000010000 - 0000011000]          PGTABLE ==> [0000010000 - 0000011000]
[    0.000000]   #7 [00008ad000 - 0001033929]      NEW RAMDISK ==> [00008ad000 - 0001033929]
[    0.000000]   #8 [0000011000 - 0000018000]          BOOTMAP ==> [0000011000 - 0000018000]
[    0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00f6750] f6750
[    0.000000] Zone PFN ranges:
[    0.000000]   DMA      0x00000010 -> 0x00001000
[    0.000000]   Normal   0x00001000 -> 0x000377fe
[    0.000000]   HighMem  0x000377fe -> 0x0003dff0
[    0.000000] Movable zone start PFN for each node
[    0.000000] early_node_map[2] active PFN ranges
[    0.000000]     0: 0x00000010 -> 0x0000009f
[    0.000000]     0: 0x00000100 -> 0x0003dff0
[    0.000000] On node 0 totalpages: 253823
[    0.000000] free_area_init_node: node 0, pgdat c0784900, node_mem_map c1034200
[    0.000000]   DMA zone: 32 pages used for memmap
[    0.000000]   DMA zone: 0 pages reserved
[    0.000000]   DMA zone: 3951 pages, LIFO batch:0
[    0.000000]   Normal zone: 1744 pages used for memmap
[    0.000000]   Normal zone: 221486 pages, LIFO batch:31
[    0.000000]   HighMem zone: 208 pages used for memmap
[    0.000000]   HighMem zone: 26402 pages, LIFO batch:7
[    0.000000] Using APIC driver default
[    0.000000] ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x4008
[    0.000000] ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000
[    0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x00] lapic_id[0x00] enabled)
[    0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x00] high edge lint[0x1])
[    0.000000] ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x02] address[0xfec00000] gsi_base[0])
[    0.000000] IOAPIC[0]: apic_id 2, version 3, address 0xfec00000, GSI 0-23
[    0.000000] ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0 global_irq 2 dfl dfl)
[    0.000000] ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9 global_irq 9 dfl dfl)
[    0.000000] ACPI: IRQ0 used by override.
[    0.000000] ACPI: IRQ2 used by override.
[    0.000000] ACPI: IRQ9 used by override.
[    0.000000] Enabling APIC mode:  Flat.  Using 1 I/O APICs
[    0.000000] Using ACPI (MADT) for SMP configuration information
[    0.000000] SMP: Allowing 1 CPUs, 0 hotplug CPUs
[    0.000000] nr_irqs_gsi: 24
[    0.000000] PM: Registered nosave memory: 000000000009f000 - 00000000000a0000
[    0.000000] PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000a0000 - 00000000000f0000
[    0.000000] PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000
[    0.000000] Allocating PCI resources starting at 3e000000 (gap: 3e000000:c0c00000)
[    0.000000] NR_CPUS:8 nr_cpumask_bits:8 nr_cpu_ids:1 nr_node_ids:1
[    0.000000] PERCPU: Embedded 14 pages at c17f8000, static data 35612 bytes
[    0.000000] Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on.  Total pages: 251839
[    0.000000] Kernel command line: root=UUID=bb004439-1fad-4b3c-b3be-b978a90d2de1 ro quiet splash 
[    0.000000] PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 12, 16384 bytes)
[    0.000000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
[    0.000000] Inode-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
[    0.000000] Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
[    0.000000] Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.
[    0.000000] Initializing CPU#0
[    0.000000] allocated 5078400 bytes of page_cgroup
[    0.000000] please try 'cgroup_disable=memory' option if you don't want memory cgroups
[    0.000000] Initializing HighMem for node 0 (000377fe:0003dff0)
[    0.000000] Memory: 985556k/1015744k available (4565k kernel code, 29348k reserved, 2143k data, 540k init, 106440k highmem)
[    0.000000] virtual kernel memory layout:
[    0.000000]     fixmap  : 0xfff1d000 - 0xfffff000   ( 904 kB)
[    0.000000]     pkmap   : 0xff800000 - 0xffc00000   (4096 kB)
[    0.000000]     vmalloc : 0xf7ffe000 - 0xff7fe000   ( 120 MB)
[    0.000000]     lowmem  : 0xc0000000 - 0xf77fe000   ( 887 MB)
[    0.000000]       .init : 0xc078e000 - 0xc0815000   ( 540 kB)
[    0.000000]       .data : 0xc0575554 - 0xc078d308   (2143 kB)
[    0.000000]       .text : 0xc0100000 - 0xc0575554   (4565 kB)
[    0.000000] Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode...Ok.
[    0.000000] SLUB: Genslabs=13, HWalign=32, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=1, Nodes=1
[    0.000000] NR_IRQS:2304 nr_irqs:256
[    0.000000] Fast TSC calibration using PIT
[    0.000000] Detected 1533.115 MHz processor.
[    0.001430] Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
[    0.001437] console [tty0] enabled
[    0.004019] Calibrating delay loop (skipped), value calculated using timer frequency.. 3066.23 BogoMIPS (lpj=6132460)
[    0.004068] Security Framework initialized
[    0.004130] AppArmor: AppArmor initialized
[    0.004144] Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
[    0.004421] Initializing cgroup subsys ns
[    0.004430] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuacct
[    0.004436] Initializing cgroup subsys memory
[    0.004452] Initializing cgroup subsys freezer
[    0.004456] Initializing cgroup subsys net_cls
[    0.004479] CPU: CLK_CTL MSR was 60031223. Reprogramming to 20031223
[    0.004485] CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D cache 64K (64 bytes/line)
[    0.004490] CPU: L2 Cache: 256K (64 bytes/line)
[    0.004498] mce: CPU supports 4 MCE banks
[    0.004534] Performance Counters: AMD PMU driver.
[    0.004545] ... version:                 0
[    0.004548] ... bit width:               48
[    0.004551] ... generic counters:        4
[    0.004554] ... value mask:              0000ffffffffffff
[    0.004557] ... max period:              00007fffffffffff
[    0.004560] ... fixed-purpose counters:  0
[    0.004563] ... counter mask:            000000000000000f
[    0.004572] Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
[    0.020875] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[    0.028048] Freeing SMP alternatives: 19k freed
[    0.028121] ACPI: Core revision 20090521
[    0.040805] ..TIMER: vector=0x30 apic1=0 pin1=2 apic2=-1 pin2=-1
[    0.082154] CPU0: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1800+ stepping 01
[    0.084001] Brought up 1 CPUs
[    0.084001] Total of 1 processors activated (3066.23 BogoMIPS).
[    0.084001] CPU0 attaching NULL sched-domain.
[    0.084001] Booting paravirtualized kernel on bare hardware
[    0.084001] regulator: core version 0.5
[    0.084001] Time: 13:33:52  Date: 11/04/09
[    0.084001] NET: Registered protocol family 16
[    0.084001] EISA bus registered
[    0.084001] ACPI: bus type pci registered
[    0.090208] PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfbd30, last bus=1
[    0.090212] PCI: Using configuration type 1 for base access
[    0.091748] bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0
[    0.092517] ACPI: EC: Look up EC in DSDT
[    0.099062] ACPI: Interpreter enabled
[    0.099075] ACPI: (supports S0 S1 S4 S5)
[    0.099109] ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing
[    0.104318] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[    0.104497] ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00)
[    0.104589] pci 0000:00:00.0: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0xd0000000-0xd7ffffff]
[    0.104691] pci 0000:00:01.0: supports D1
[    0.104730] pci 0000:00:06.0: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0xe0100000-0xe0101fff]
[    0.104772] pci 0000:00:06.0: supports D1 D2
[    0.104776] pci 0000:00:06.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
[    0.104782] pci 0000:00:06.0: PME# disabled
[    0.104844] pci 0000:00:10.0: reg 20 io port: [0xa000-0xa01f]
[    0.104870] pci 0000:00:10.0: supports D1 D2
[    0.104873] pci 0000:00:10.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
[    0.104879] pci 0000:00:10.0: PME# disabled
[    0.104930] pci 0000:00:10.1: reg 20 io port: [0xa400-0xa41f]
[    0.104956] pci 0000:00:10.1: supports D1 D2
[    0.104960] pci 0000:00:10.1: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
[    0.104965] pci 0000:00:10.1: PME# disabled
[    0.105016] pci 0000:00:10.2: reg 20 io port: [0xa800-0xa81f]
[    0.105042] pci 0000:00:10.2: supports D1 D2
[    0.105046] pci 0000:00:10.2: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
[    0.105051] pci 0000:00:10.2: PME# disabled
[    0.105089] pci 0000:00:10.3: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0xe0102000-0xe01020ff]
[    0.105132] pci 0000:00:10.3: supports D1 D2
[    0.105135] pci 0000:00:10.3: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
[    0.105140] pci 0000:00:10.3: PME# disabled
[    0.105208] HPET not enabled in BIOS. You might try hpet=force boot option
[    0.105219] pci 0000:00:11.0: quirk: region 4000-407f claimed by vt8235 PM
[    0.105225] pci 0000:00:11.0: quirk: region 5000-500f claimed by vt8235 SMB
[    0.105291] pci 0000:00:11.1: reg 20 io port: [0xac00-0xac0f]
[    0.105359] pci 0000:00:11.5: reg 10 io port: [0xb000-0xb0ff]
[    0.105404] pci 0000:00:11.5: supports D1 D2
[    0.105442] pci 0000:00:12.0: reg 10 io port: [0xb400-0xb4ff]
[    0.105450] pci 0000:00:12.0: reg 14 32bit mmio: [0xe0103000-0xe01030ff]
[    0.105489] pci 0000:00:12.0: supports D1 D2
[    0.105493] pci 0000:00:12.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
[    0.105498] pci 0000:00:12.0: PME# disabled
[    0.105559] pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0xe0000000-0xe007ffff]
[    0.105567] pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 14 32bit mmio: [0xd8000000-0xdfffffff]
[    0.105588] pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 30 32bit mmio: [0x000000-0x00ffff]
[    0.105607] pci 0000:01:00.0: supports D1 D2
[    0.105647] pci 0000:00:01.0: bridge 32bit mmio: [0xe0000000-0xe00fffff]
[    0.105654] pci 0000:00:01.0: bridge 32bit mmio pref: [0xd8000000-0xdfffffff]
[    0.105663] pci_bus 0000:00: on NUMA node 0
[    0.105670] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
[    0.124478] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 10 *11 12 14 15)
[    0.124711] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 *10 11 12 14 15)
[    0.124956] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 1 3 4 *5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15)
[    0.125201] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 10 *11 12 14 15)
[    0.125438] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKA] (IRQs 20) *0
[    0.125665] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKB] (IRQs 21) *0
[    0.125923] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKC] (IRQs 22) *0
[    0.126163] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKD] (IRQs 23) *0
[    0.126527] SCSI subsystem initialized
[    0.126728] libata version 3.00 loaded.
[    0.126901] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[    0.126930] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[    0.126980] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[    0.127213] ACPI: WMI: Mapper loaded
[    0.127217] PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
[    0.127474] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.15
[    0.127530] NET: Registered protocol family 31
[    0.127533] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[    0.127539] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[    0.127543] NetLabel: Initializing
[    0.127545] NetLabel:  domain hash size = 128
[    0.127548] NetLabel:  protocols = UNLABELED CIPSOv4
[    0.127576] NetLabel:  unlabeled traffic allowed by default
[    0.131829] pnp: PnP ACPI init
[    0.131888] ACPI: bus type pnp registered
[    0.136500] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 13 devices
[    0.136505] ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered
[    0.136513] PnPBIOS: Disabled by ACPI PNP
[    0.136542] system 00:02: ioport range 0x4d0-0x4d1 has been reserved
[    0.136547] system 00:02: ioport range 0x294-0x297 has been reserved
[    0.171328] AppArmor: AppArmor Filesystem Enabled
[    0.171365] pci 0000:00:01.0: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:01
[    0.171369] pci 0000:00:01.0:   IO window: disabled
[    0.171378] pci 0000:00:01.0:   MEM window: 0xe0000000-0xe00fffff
[    0.171384] pci 0000:00:01.0:   PREFETCH window: 0xd8000000-0xdfffffff
[    0.171403] pci 0000:00:01.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    0.171415] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 0 io:  [0x00-0xffff]
[    0.171419] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 1 mem: [0x000000-0xffffffff]
[    0.171424] pci_bus 0000:01: resource 1 mem: [0xe0000000-0xe00fffff]
[    0.171428] pci_bus 0000:01: resource 2 pref mem [0xd8000000-0xdfffffff]
[    0.171506] NET: Registered protocol family 2
[    0.171670] IP route cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
[    0.172391] TCP established hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
[    0.175911] TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
[    0.177758] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 131072 bind 65536)
[    0.177766] TCP reno registered
[    0.178010] NET: Registered protocol family 1
[    0.178182] Trying to unpack rootfs image as initramfs...
[    0.511399] Freeing initrd memory: 7706k freed
[    0.534804] cpufreq-nforce2: No nForce2 chipset.
[    0.534859] Scanning for low memory corruption every 60 seconds
[    0.535115] audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
[    0.535158] type=2000 audit(1257341632.531:1): initialized
[    0.547430] highmem bounce pool size: 64 pages
[    0.547442] HugeTLB registered 4 MB page size, pre-allocated 0 pages
[    0.549808] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.2
[    0.549910] Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
[    0.550792] fuse init (API version 7.12)
[    0.550925] msgmni has been set to 1732
[    0.551302] alg: No test for stdrng (krng)
[    0.551324] io scheduler noop registered
[    0.551328] io scheduler anticipatory registered
[    0.551331] io scheduler deadline registered
[    0.551402] io scheduler cfq registered (default)
[    0.551425] pci 0000:00:01.0: disabling DAC on VIA PCI bridge
[    0.551515] pci 0000:01:00.0: Boot video device
[    0.551640] pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
[    0.551678] pciehp: PCI Express Hot Plug Controller Driver version: 0.4
[    0.551904] input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input0
[    0.551913] ACPI: Power Button [PWRF]
[    0.552037] input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input1
[    0.552043] ACPI: Power Button [PWRB]
[    0.552122] input: Sleep Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0E:00/input/input2
[    0.552130] ACPI: Sleep Button [SLPB]
[    0.552200] fan PNP0C0B:00: registered as cooling_device0
[    0.552208] ACPI: Fan [FAN] (on)
[    0.552569] Marking TSC unstable due to TSC halts in idle
[    0.552606] ACPI: CPU0 (power states: C1[C1] C2[C2])
[    0.552633] processor LNXCPU:00: registered as cooling_device1
[    0.555670] thermal LNXTHERM:01: registered as thermal_zone0
[    0.555682] ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (49 C)
[    0.555914] isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
[    0.556634] Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0
[    0.909664] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[    0.911383] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
[    0.911544] serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
[    0.911644] serial8250: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
[    0.912027] 00:08: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
[    0.912167] 00:09: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
[    0.913799] brd: module loaded
[    0.914516] loop: module loaded
[    0.914700] input: Macintosh mouse button emulation as /devices/virtual/input/input3
[    0.915538] pata_via 0000:00:11.1: version 0.3.4
[    0.916138] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKA] BIOS reported IRQ 0, using IRQ 20
[    0.916143] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKA] enabled at IRQ 20
[    0.916157]   alloc irq_desc for 20 on node -1
[    0.916161]   alloc kstat_irqs on node -1
[    0.916178] pata_via 0000:00:11.1: PCI INT A -> Link[ALKA] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
[    0.916549] scsi0 : pata_via
[    0.916762] scsi1 : pata_via
[    0.920717] ata1: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 bmdma 0xac00 irq 14
[    0.920723] ata2: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0xac08 irq 15
[    0.921331] Fixed MDIO Bus: probed
[    0.921391] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
[    0.921617] ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
[    0.922000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKB] BIOS reported IRQ 0, using IRQ 21
[    0.922005] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKB] enabled at IRQ 21
[    0.922014]   alloc irq_desc for 21 on node -1
[    0.922018]   alloc kstat_irqs on node -1
[    0.922030] ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: PCI INT D -> Link[ALKB] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[    0.922063] ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: EHCI Host Controller
[    0.922173] ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[    0.922275] ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: irq 21, io mem 0xe0102000
[    0.932015] ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
[    0.932168] usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[    0.932229] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    0.932250] hub 1-0:1.0: 6 ports detected
[    0.932356] ohci_hcd: USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
[    0.932397] uhci_hcd: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
[    0.932537] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.0: PCI INT A -> Link[ALKB] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[    0.932554] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.0: UHCI Host Controller
[    0.932614] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
[    0.932646] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.0: irq 21, io base 0x0000a000
[    0.932779] usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[    0.932819] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    0.932836] hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[    0.932911] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.1: PCI INT B -> Link[ALKB] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[    0.932921] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.1: UHCI Host Controller
[    0.932983] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
[    0.933008] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.1: irq 21, io base 0x0000a400
[    0.933139] usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[    0.933193] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    0.933208] hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[    0.933283] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.2: PCI INT C -> Link[ALKB] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[    0.933294] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.2: UHCI Host Controller
[    0.933339] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
[    0.933363] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.2: irq 21, io base 0x0000a800
[    0.933501] usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[    0.933539] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    0.933555] hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[    0.933713] PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:PS2K,PNP0f13:PS2M] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
[    0.934112] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
[    0.934129] serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
[    0.934240] mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
[    0.934424] rtc_cmos 00:04: RTC can wake from S4
[    0.934489] rtc_cmos 00:04: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0
[    0.934526] rtc0: alarms up to one year, y3k, 242 bytes nvram
[    0.934736] device-mapper: uevent: version 1.0.3
[    0.934955] device-mapper: ioctl: 4.15.0-ioctl (2009-04-01) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
[    0.935114] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.1.0 loaded
[    0.935120] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[    0.935358] EISA: Probing bus 0 at eisa.0
[    0.935383] Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 4
[    0.935386] Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 5
[    0.935402] EISA: Detected 0 cards.
[    0.935554] cpuidle: using governor ladder
[    0.935624] cpuidle: using governor menu
[    0.936450] TCP cubic registered
[    0.936677] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[    0.937335] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
[    0.937817] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[    0.937856] Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.13
[    0.937859] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[    0.937864] Bluetooth: SCO (Voice Link) ver 0.6
[    0.937867] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[    0.937979] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[    0.937984] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[    0.937987] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11
[    0.938043] powernow-k8: Processor cpuid 681 not supported
[    0.938092] Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
[    0.938238] PM: Resume from disk failed.
[    0.938267] registered taskstats version 1
[    0.938428]   Magic number: 1:737:583
[    0.938632] rtc_cmos 00:04: setting system clock to 2009-11-04 13:33:53 UTC (1257341633)
[    0.938640] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[    0.938643] EDD information not available.
[    0.964927] input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input4
[    1.149024] ata1.00: ATA-7: ST3160215A, 3.AAC, max UDMA/100
[    1.149029] ata1.00: 312581808 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 
[    1.149438] ata1.01: ATA-5: ExcelStor Technology J240, VA2OAF0C, max UDMA/100
[    1.149443] ata1.01: 80418240 sectors, multi 16: LBA 
[    1.215599] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
[    1.236603] ata1.01: configured for UDMA/100
[    1.236829] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      ST3160215A       3.AA PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[    1.237052] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[    1.237159] scsi 0:0:1:0: Direct-Access     ATA      ExcelStor Techno VA2O PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[    1.237311] sd 0:0:1:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
[    1.237386] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 312581808 512-byte logical blocks: (160 GB/149 GiB)
[    1.237476] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[    1.237481] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[    1.237526] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[    1.237768]  sda: sda1 sda2 sda3
[    1.287072] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
[    1.287091] sd 0:0:1:0: [sdb] 80418240 512-byte logical blocks: (41.1 GB/38.3 GiB)
[    1.287164] sd 0:0:1:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[    1.287169] sd 0:0:1:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[    1.287208] sd 0:0:1:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[    1.287401]  sdb: unknown partition table
[    1.300171] sd 0:0:1:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
[    1.408397] ata2.00: ATAPI: HL-DT-STDVD-ROM GDR8161B, 0100, max UDMA/33
[    1.408440] ata2.01: ATAPI: SONY CD-RW CRX1611, TYS7, max MWDMA2
[    1.424276] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
[    1.440274] ata2.01: configured for MWDMA2
[    1.447177] scsi 1:0:0:0: CD-ROM            HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8161B 0100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[    1.459737] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 20x/48x cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[    1.459743] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[    1.459929] sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[    1.460067] sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5
[    1.460775] scsi 1:0:1:0: CD-ROM            SONY     CD-RW CRX1611    TYS7 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[    1.464049] sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 40x/40x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[    1.464168] sr 1:0:1:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1
[    1.464239] sr 1:0:1:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 5
[    1.464286] Freeing unused kernel memory: 540k freed
[    1.465617] Write protecting the kernel text: 4568k
[    1.465667] Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 1836k
[    1.809296] Linux agpgart interface v0.103
[    1.829980] agpgart: Detected VIA PM266/KM266 chipset
[    1.844830] Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
[    1.864126] FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
[    1.999486] agpgart-via 0000:00:00.0: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0xd0000000
[    1.999696] via-rhine.c:v1.10-LK1.4.3 2007-03-06 Written by Donald Becker
[    1.999703] via-rhine: Broken BIOS detected, avoid_D3 enabled.
[    2.000289] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKD] BIOS reported IRQ 0, using IRQ 23
[    2.000294] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKD] enabled at IRQ 23
[    2.000307]   alloc irq_desc for 23 on node -1
[    2.000311]   alloc kstat_irqs on node -1
[    2.000324] via-rhine 0000:00:12.0: PCI INT A -> Link[ALKD] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
[    2.027265] eth0: VIA Rhine II at 0xe0103000, 00:0c:76:26:0b:8f, IRQ 23.
[    2.027980] eth0: MII PHY found at address 1, status 0x7849 advertising 05e1 Link 0000.
[    3.052976] xor: automatically using best checksumming function: pIII_sse
[    3.072007]    pIII_sse  :  3224.000 MB/sec
[    3.072012] xor: using function: pIII_sse (3224.000 MB/sec)
[    3.077414] device-mapper: dm-raid45: initialized v0.2594b
[    3.563080] PM: Starting manual resume from disk
[    3.563090] PM: Resume from partition 8:2
[    3.563093] PM: Checking hibernation image.
[    3.563400] PM: Resume from disk failed.
[    3.597830] EXT4-fs (sda1): barriers enabled
[    3.615605] kjournald2 starting: pid 339, dev sda1:8, commit interval 5 seconds
[    3.615634] EXT4-fs (sda1): delayed allocation enabled
[    3.615640] EXT4-fs: file extents enabled
[    3.627926] EXT4-fs: mballoc enabled
[    3.627956] EXT4-fs (sda1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode
[    4.449580] type=1505 audit(1257341637.009:2): operation="profile_load" pid=362 name=/usr/share/gdm/guest-session/Xsession
[    4.467064] type=1505 audit(1257341637.025:3): operation="profile_load" pid=363 name=/sbin/dhclient3
[    4.467509] type=1505 audit(1257341637.025:4): operation="profile_load" pid=363 name=/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action
[    4.467764] type=1505 audit(1257341637.025:5): operation="profile_load" pid=363 name=/usr/lib/connman/scripts/dhclient-script
[    4.506616] type=1505 audit(1257341637.065:6): operation="profile_load" pid=364 name=/usr/bin/evince
[    4.514942] type=1505 audit(1257341637.073:7): operation="profile_load" pid=364 name=/usr/bin/evince-previewer
[    4.520392] type=1505 audit(1257341637.081:8): operation="profile_load" pid=364 name=/usr/bin/evince-thumbnailer
[    4.560263] type=1505 audit(1257341637.121:9): operation="profile_load" pid=366 name=/usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf
[    4.560840] type=1505 audit(1257341637.121:10): operation="profile_load" pid=366 name=/usr/sbin/cupsd
[    5.992203] Adding 2000084k swap on /dev/sda2.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:2000084k 
[    6.727643] EXT4-fs (sda1): internal journal on sda1:8
[    7.871744] udev: starting version 147
[    7.894755] kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
[    7.895005] EXT3 FS on sda3, internal journal
[    7.895014] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with writeback data mode.
[   10.783323] irda_init()
[   10.783360] NET: Registered protocol family 23
[   11.156461] ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
[   11.746521] shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
[   11.849375] parport_pc 00:0a: reported by Plug and Play ACPI
[   11.849491] parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, dma 3 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,EPP,ECP,DMA]
[   12.055792] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
[   12.063488] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[   12.586323] psmouse serio1: ID: 10 00 64
[   12.836224] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKC] BIOS reported IRQ 0, using IRQ 22
[   12.836232] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKC] enabled at IRQ 22
[   12.836242]   alloc irq_desc for 22 on node -1
[   12.836246]   alloc kstat_irqs on node -1
[   12.836259] VIA 82xx Audio 0000:00:11.5: PCI INT C -> Link[ALKC] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
[   12.836427] VIA 82xx Audio 0000:00:11.5: setting latency timer to 64
[   13.061451] __ratelimit: 6 callbacks suppressed
[   13.061458] type=1505 audit(1257341645.621:13): operation="profile_replace" pid=757 name=/usr/share/gdm/guest-session/Xsession
[   13.065566] type=1505 audit(1257341645.625:14): operation="profile_replace" pid=758 name=/sbin/dhclient3
[   13.066022] type=1505 audit(1257341645.625:15): operation="profile_replace" pid=758 name=/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action
[   13.066279] type=1505 audit(1257341645.625:16): operation="profile_replace" pid=758 name=/usr/lib/connman/scripts/dhclient-script
[   13.082119] type=1505 audit(1257341645.641:17): operation="profile_replace" pid=759 name=/usr/bin/evince
[   13.091783] type=1505 audit(1257341645.649:18): operation="profile_replace" pid=759 name=/usr/bin/evince-previewer
[   13.097867] type=1505 audit(1257341645.657:19): operation="profile_replace" pid=759 name=/usr/bin/evince-thumbnailer
[   13.108704] type=1505 audit(1257341645.669:20): operation="profile_replace" pid=761 name=/usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf
[   13.109285] type=1505 audit(1257341645.669:21): operation="profile_replace" pid=761 name=/usr/sbin/cupsd
[   13.113524] type=1505 audit(1257341645.673:22): operation="profile_replace" pid=762 name=/usr/sbin/mysqld-akonadi
[   13.155195] input: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input5
[   20.273259] eth0: link down
[   20.273671] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[   27.313183] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[   27.316798]   alloc irq_desc for 16 on node -1
[   27.316804]   alloc kstat_irqs on node -1
[   27.316821] pci 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[   27.317086] [drm] Initialized savage 2.4.1 20050313 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0

And lspci:

Code:

james@james-desktop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8375 [KM266/KL266] Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8633 [Apollo Pro266 AGP]
00:06.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4303 802.11b Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 74)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266]

And ifconfig (NB wlan0 completely absent):

Code:

james@james-desktop:~$ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0c:76:26:0b:8f  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:23 Base address:0x2000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:480 (480.0 B)  TX bytes:480 (480.0 B)

I'm really at a bit of a loss. Has anyone got any ideas as to what to try next?

(Fortunately the legacy BCM43xx fwcutter driver still works with the 2.6.28-16 kernel, so at least I won't have the fun of physically moving this dinosaur to be next to an ethernet port.)

**Ayuthia** · November 4th, 2009

Try installing b43-fwcutter instead. The bcmwl-kernel-source is the proprietary driver created by Broadcom and it does not support this card.

If it does not work, try the following:

Code:

sudo modprobe -r b43 b43legacy ssb wl
sudo modprobe b43legacy
sudo iwlist scan

If it still does not work after you install b43-fwcutter (and restart), please post the results of:

Code:

lsmod|grep -e b43 -e ssb -e wl
lshw -C network
dmesg|grep b43

**jamaisvu** · November 14th, 2009

Originally Posted by Ayuthia

Try installing b43-fwcutter instead. The bcmwl-kernel-source is the proprietary driver created by Broadcom and it does not support this card.

Thanks, I knew I had done something stupid and obvious. This at least means that the computer can see the card, but it still doesn't work with the 2.6.31 kernel.

If it does not work, try the following:

Code:

sudo modprobe -r b43 b43legacy ssb wl
sudo modprobe b43legacy
sudo iwlist scan

No luck there.

If it still does not work after you install b43-fwcutter (and restart), please post the results of:

Code:

lsmod|grep -e b43 -e ssb -e wl
lshw -C network
dmesg|grep b43

Those produce:

Code:

james@james-desktop:~$ lsmod|grep -e b43 -e ssb -e wl
b43legacy             117752  0 
mac80211              181236  1 b43legacy
cfg80211               93052  2 b43legacy,mac80211
led_class               4096  1 b43legacy
ssb                    35300  2 b43legacy,b44

Code:

james@james-desktop:~$ lshw -C network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
  *-network:0             
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4303 802.11b Wireless LAN Controller
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 6
       bus info: pci@0000:00:06.0
       version: 02
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=32
       resources: irq:17 memory:e0100000-e0101fff
  *-network:1
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: VT6102 [Rhine-II]
       vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
       physical id: 12
       bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 74
       serial: 00:0c:76:26:0b:8f
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=via-rhine driverversion=1.4.3 ip=192.168.1.7 latency=32 maxlatency=8 mingnt=3 multicast=yes
       resources: irq:23 ioport:b400(size=256) memory:e0103000-e01030ff
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:06:25:23:2f:59
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11b

Code:

james@james-desktop:~$ dmesg|grep b43
[    1.851840] b43-pci-bridge 0000:00:06.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[   20.907845] b43legacy-phy0: Broadcom 4301 WLAN found
[   20.936990] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 0, Type 1, Revision 4
[   20.937018] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2053, Revision 2
[   20.960115] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Radio initialized
[   23.231849] b43legacy ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43legacy/ucode2.fw
[   23.264312] b43legacy ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43legacy/pcm4.fw
[   23.284107] b43legacy ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43legacy/b0g0initvals2.fw
[   23.577027] b43legacy-phy0: Loading firmware version 0x127, patch level 14 (2005-04-18 02:36:27)
[   23.692196] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Chip initialized
[   23.692634] b43legacy-phy0 debug: 30-bit DMA initialized
[   23.708838] b43legacy-phy0 warning: LEDs: Unknown behaviour 0x2B
[   23.708845] b43legacy-phy0 warning: LEDs: Unknown behaviour 0x78
[   23.708849] b43legacy-phy0 warning: LEDs: Unknown behaviour 0x2E
[   23.708853] b43legacy-phy0 warning: LEDs: Unknown behaviour 0x19
[   23.708915] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Wireless interface started
[   23.708945] b43legacy-phy0: Radio hardware status changed to DISABLED
[   23.708955] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Radio initialized
[   23.710804] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Adding Interface type 2
[   23.780088] b43legacy-phy0: Radio turned on by software
[   23.780100] b43legacy-phy0: The hardware RF-kill button still turns the radio physically off. Press the button to turn it on.
[   23.780702] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Removing Interface type 2
[   23.781026] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Wireless interface stopped
[   23.781214] b43legacy-phy0 debug: DMA-30 0x0260 (RX) max used slots: 0/64
[   23.781305] b43legacy-phy0 debug: DMA-30 0x0200 (RX) max used slots: 1/64
[   23.781402] b43legacy-phy0 debug: DMA-30 0x02A0 (TX) max used slots: 0/128
[   23.788303] b43legacy-phy0 debug: DMA-30 0x0280 (TX) max used slots: 0/128
[   23.796091] b43legacy-phy0 debug: DMA-30 0x0260 (TX) max used slots: 0/128
[   23.804101] b43legacy-phy0 debug: DMA-30 0x0240 (TX) max used slots: 0/128
[   23.812099] b43legacy-phy0 debug: DMA-30 0x0220 (TX) max used slots: 0/128
[   23.820099] b43legacy-phy0 debug: DMA-30 0x0200 (TX) max used slots: 0/128
[   23.828097] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Radio initialized
[   23.828114] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Radio initialized
[  168.108616] b43legacy-phy0: Broadcom 4301 WLAN found
[  168.132036] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 0, Type 1, Revision 4
[  168.132067] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2053, Revision 2
[  168.156038] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Radio initialized
[  168.240072] b43legacy ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43legacy/ucode2.fw
[  168.251300] b43legacy ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43legacy/pcm4.fw
[  168.266305] b43legacy ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43legacy/b0g0initvals2.fw
[  168.380058] b43legacy-phy0: Loading firmware version 0x127, patch level 14 (2005-04-18 02:36:27)
[  168.436773] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Chip initialized
[  168.437348] b43legacy-phy0 debug: 30-bit DMA initialized
[  168.437601] b43legacy-phy0 warning: LEDs: Unknown behaviour 0x2B
[  168.437607] b43legacy-phy0 warning: LEDs: Unknown behaviour 0x78
[  168.437611] b43legacy-phy0 warning: LEDs: Unknown behaviour 0x2E
[  168.437615] b43legacy-phy0 warning: LEDs: Unknown behaviour 0x19
[  168.437665] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Wireless interface started
[  168.437684] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Adding Interface type 2
[  168.449982] b43legacy-phy0: Radio hardware status changed to DISABLED
[  168.450027] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Radio initialized
[  168.450631] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Removing Interface type 2
[  168.450961] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Wireless interface stopped
[  168.451136] b43legacy-phy0 debug: DMA-30 0x0260 (RX) max used slots: 0/64
[  168.451232] b43legacy-phy0 debug: DMA-30 0x0200 (RX) max used slots: 0/64
[  168.451330] b43legacy-phy0 debug: DMA-30 0x02A0 (TX) max used slots: 0/128
[  168.456094] b43legacy-phy0 debug: DMA-30 0x0280 (TX) max used slots: 0/128
[  168.464374] b43legacy-phy0 debug: DMA-30 0x0260 (TX) max used slots: 0/128
[  168.472054] b43legacy-phy0 debug: DMA-30 0x0240 (TX) max used slots: 0/128
[  168.480035] b43legacy-phy0 debug: DMA-30 0x0220 (TX) max used slots: 0/128
[  168.488031] b43legacy-phy0 debug: DMA-30 0x0200 (TX) max used slots: 0/128
[  168.496031] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Radio initialized
[  168.496047] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Radio initialized

I think I can see the problem in there: it's looking for a hardware switch to be on, but there isn't a hardware switch on this card (and I can't see anything relevant in BIOS either). Is there some way of getting it not to look for one?

**jamaisvu** · November 16th, 2009

(Bump.) Any ideas about what next, anyone?

**hpadrick** · November 26th, 2009

You need to follow the directions outlined here:

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/.../b43#fw-b43-lp

There is a section for using the legacy driver. Hope that helps. I just installed form for the BCM4306 and it works great.