Fabrizio, The newest versions of the b43 firmware (version 598 and higher) will only work with Linux 3.2 or later. Unfortunately, the upstream developers of b43 and b43-fwcutter have *not* changed the file name used for the firmware, which means there is no good way to have both old and new versions coinstalled. (It is possible to do, because udev will look in /lib/firmware/$(uname -r) as well as /lib/firmware. But those directories would have to be populated for each installed kernel version.) If and when you intend to update b43-fwcutter to use a new firmware version, please discuss it with the kernel team first so we can work out how best to deal with the compatibility problem. Or, even better, try to convince the upstream developers to fix the file naming. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Teamwork is essential - it allows you to blame someone else.
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