On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 10:50 -0500, John W. Linville wrote:
One or both of us is confused...
If you are using ndiswrapper, then it does not matter what (if
anything) you have in /lib/firmware. I can offer you no support
with ndiswrapper.
If you are in fact using the bcm43xx driver, then you must use version
3 firmware, extracted with bcm43xx-fwcutter.
If you are using b43legacy then you need version 3 firmware. If you
are using b43 then you need version 4 firmware. In either case,
whether the firmware needs to be extracted with bcm43xx-fwcutter or
rather with b43-fwcutter depends on exactly which kernel you are using.
If you got a message that you needed version 4 firmware, that suggests
that you are using the b43 driver. It is not clear to me exactly
which kernel you are using. What is the output of 'uname -r'?
You mentioned FC6. I must recommend that you move forward at least
to F7. FWIW, you will find much better support for your 4318 there.
F8 is better still.
Hth!
John
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John W. Linville
linville(a)redhat.com
uname -r shows:
2.6.20-1.2962.fc6
This is the "old" kernel where ndiswrapper works. When I upgraded to a
newer (and all newer) F6 kernels, ndiswrapper no longer works. First I
received error messages about mismatched versions of iwlist (or
wireliess tools). I've installed at least 5 newer kernels (keeping the
one that the wireless works). I don't get the original error message but
then started to get messages about firmware. (ndiswrapper was updated to
the latest version - I expected everything to continue working after
updating the kernels and other files).
Will ndiswrapper work with the version 3 firmware under F8?
I tried an F8 live distro but still could not get the card to work
(probably because I don't know how to get ndiswrapper working with a
live distro given you can't save things.)
Rick