Bug#577438: base: b43 driver won't work anymore

To: Eric Viseur <eric.viseur@gmail.com>
Cc: 577438@bugs.debian.org, control@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#577438: base: b43 driver won't work anymore
From: Moritz Mühlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 19:21:30 +0200
Message-id: <20110430172130.GA3655@pisco.westfalen.local>
Reply-to: Moritz Mühlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>, 577438@bugs.debian.org
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tags 577438 moreinfo
thanks

On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 06:01:24PM +0200, Eric Viseur wrote:
> Package: base
> Severity: important
> 
> b43 driver won't work anymore with bcm4318 chip.  I installed the correct firmware using b43-fwcutter.  Worked like a charm with Lenny and early Squeeze kernels, stopped working with 2.6.32.
> I have no errors in dmesg : the chip just starts, then the links goes down and neither network-manager or wireless-tools see any networks.

Is this resolved in the final Squeeze kernel (or later ones)?

Cheers,
        Moritz

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