On Thu, 2006-06-22 at 11:33 +0000, Kevin Kofler wrote:
Patrick <fedora-list <at> puzzled.xs4all.nl> writes:
> Works quite well and seems faster. The header file dm.h is included so
> it's way easier now to build TrueCrypt. The bcm43xx/softmac are notable
> improvements.
The FC5 2.6.16 kernels actually already included bcm43xx and softmac.
I had noticed the bcm43xx module but didn't know that the softmac stuff
was part of 2.6.16.
> 2) wpa_supplicant does not have support for the bcm43xx driver
so I am
> not sure if it's usable at all. Without specifying a DRIVER in
> /etc/sysconfig/wap_supplicant it does not start but the available
> drivers do not include the bcm43xx according to man wap_supplicant
AFAIK, you should be specifying "wext" as the driver in wpa_supplicant.
Thanks for the tip. Tried it and it seems to sort of work. If I select
an AP without a lock from the list in the NetworkManager applet, Softmac
seems to get stuck with this message in /var/log/messages:
Jun 22 17:27:20 ws kernel: SoftMAC: cannot associate without being
authenticated, requested authentication
The networks that were present in the list are gone and do not come
back. Restarting wpa_supplicant, NetworkManager and
NetworkManagerDispatcher does not help. Stopping the above,
unloading/loading bcm43xx and starting them again does not help either.
The only thing I see in /var/log/messages is
Jun 22 17:32:44 ws kernel: SoftMAC: Start scanning with channel: 1
Jun 22 17:32:44 ws kernel: SoftMAC: Scanning 14 channels
Jun 22 17:32:44 ws kernel: SoftMAC: Scanning finished
Jun 22 17:32:44 ws kernel: SoftMAC: Unable to find matching network
after scan!
And the wifi networks that were initially found never come back.
Don't think I've seen this issue with ndiswrapper.
Also, bcm43xx won't work without (proprietary) firmware, you have
to get
bcm43xx-fwcutter from Extras and follow the instructions which come with it.
Got this done already.
Regards,
Patrick