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Bug#1095062: linux: b43 driver error: outdated firmware URL



Source: linux

Version: 6.1.0-30-amd64

Severity: minor


Dear Maintainer,


I am reporting a documentation bug in the b43 wireless driver. When the firmware required for a Broadcom 43xx wireless device is missing, the driver outputs the following error message in the kernel log:

b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.

However, that URL is outdated and currently returns a 404 error. The correct URL is now:

https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/b43.html


Steps to reproduce:

  1. Don't install the required driver with b43-fwcutter or otherwise
  2. Observe the error message in the kernel log (e.g. journalctl -b | grep b43), which displays the outdated URL.

Expected behavior:

The error message should display the updated URL so users read the instructions to install the firmware.


Actual behavior:

The error message shows an outdated URL (https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware) which leads to a 404 error, causing confusion for users trying to resolve the firmware issue.


-- System Information:

Debian Release: 12.9

  APT prefers stable-updates

  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')

Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Foreign Architectures: i386


Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-30-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads; PREEMPT)

Kernel taint flags: TAINT_WARN, TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND

Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_AU:en

Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash

Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

LSM: AppArmor: enabled



Regards,

Bernard Davis


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