Filmware Installation

Wed Oct 29 03:28:08 UTC 2008

A great deal of goggling and communication with HP assures me that bcm4303 802.11b-only chip, that my unit has uses b43legacy.
What
I need to know is the exact command line to use to install this
hardware. Additionally provide me with the destination or path where
this should reside. Obviously this is way way beyond my capability.
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#firmwareinstallation
What follows is no doubt more information then you need, but better more then not enough.
Yes
I know the experienced user will scratch his head and say its all there
just follow instructions. Please humor this old man and translate for
me.

Thank you very much

Allen

firmware installation
The
Broadcom wireless chip needs software, called "firmware", that runs on
the wireless chip itself during operation. This firmware is copyrighted
by Broadcom and it must be extracted from Broadcom's proprietary
drivers. To get such firmware on your system, you must download the
driver from a legal distribution point, as noted below. Then you must
extract the firmware from that Broadcom driver by using b43-fwcutter
(or bcm43xx-fwcutter) and install it in the special directory for
firmware - usually /lib/firmware. Please note that the firmware from
the binary drivers is Copyrighted by Broadcom Corporation and must not
be redistributed. 
Some
distributions have special methods for installing the firmware. In
general these consist of a special command entered at a terminal.
Because the propietary driver containing the firmware cannot be
included in the distribution, you will need a working connection to the
Internet. Please post details for distros that are missed at bcm43xx-dev at lists.berlios.de. 
	1. openSUSE 11.0 uses the following command: 
	* sudo /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware 
	2. Ubuntu (all flavors) and Debian use the following command: 
	* sudo /usr/share/b43-fwcutter/install_bcm43xx_firmware.sh 
	3. Gentoo
systems supply a pre-compiled binary for b43-fwcutter. You need to
"emerge b43-fwcutter", and then follow the instructions below to
download the Broadcom driver. The line that invokes b43-fwcutter will
need to be changed to execute the program emerged above. 
	4. Mandriva's
graphical network card configuration tool, drakconnect, will extract
the firmware from the Broadcom driver, which must be downloaded before
configuring the card. For versions through 2008 Spring, you will need
the V3 driver described below. Beginning with 2009, you will need
either the V3 or V4 driver depending on whether your device uses
b43legacy or b43. Either the wget command below, or a browser download
will get the appropriate file. 
Note:
If you cannot use your distribution's packages, you need to have a
compiler and headers for libc installed. The reason for this
requirement is that you will have to build fwcutter. 
There are different versions of firmware and tools you may need: 
Driver  Kernel  Firmware  Firmware extractor  Instructions  
b43  Linux-2.6.24, including 2.6.24-rcX and 2.6.24.Y  4.80.53.0  b43-fwcutter v. 011  Go  
b43  Linux-2.6.25 and newer, compat-wireless-2.6 package, current GIT trees  4.150.10.5  b43-fwcutter v. 011  Go  
b43legacy  Any  3.130.20.0  b43-fwcutter v. 011  Go  
bcm43xx (deprecated)  Any  3.130.20.0  bcm43xx-fwcutter v. 6  Go  
To accomplish this task, do the following:  
You are using the b43 driver from linux-2.6.24
If you are using the b43 driver from linux-2.6.24, follow these instructions. 
Use version 011 of b43-fwcutter. 
Download, extract the b43-fwcutter tarball and build it: 
wget http://bu3sch.de/b43/fwcutter/b43-fwcutter-011.tar.bz2
tar xjf b43-fwcutter-011.tar.bz2
cd b43-fwcutter-011
make
cd ..
Use version 4.80.53.0 of Broadcom's proprietary driver. 
Download and extract the firmware from this driver tarball: 
export FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR="/lib/firmware"
wget http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2
tar xjf broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2
cd broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0/kmod
sudo ../../b43-fwcutter-011/b43-fwcutter -w "$FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR" wl_apsta.o
Note
that you must adjust the FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR path to your
distribution. The standard place where firmware is installed to is
/lib/firmware. However some distributions put firmware in a different
place.  
You are using the b43 driver from linux-2.6.25 or newer
Follow these instructions if you are using the b43 driver from linux-2.6.25 and newer or compat-wireless-2.6, or from any current GIT tree. 
Use version 011 of b43-fwcutter. 
Download, extract the b43-fwcutter tarball and build it: 
wget http://bu3sch.de/b43/fwcutter/b43-fwcutter-011.tar.bz2
tar xjf b43-fwcutter-011.tar.bz2
cd b43-fwcutter-011
make
cd ..
Use version 4.150.10.5 of Broadcom's proprietary driver. 
Download and extract the firmware from this driver tarball: 
export FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR="/lib/firmware"
wget http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2
tar xjf broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2
cd broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver
sudo ../../b43-fwcutter-011/b43-fwcutter -w "$FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR" wl_apsta_mimo.o
Note
that you must adjust the FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR path to your
distribution. The standard place where firmware is installed to is
/lib/firmware. However some distributions put firmware in a different
place.  
You are using the b43-legacy driver
If you are using the b43legacy driver, follow these instructions. 
Use version 011 of b43-fwcutter. 
Download, extract the b43-fwcutter tarball and build it: 
wget http://bu3sch.de/b43/fwcutter/b43-fwcutter-011.tar.bz2
tar xjf b43-fwcutter-011.tar.bz2
cd b43-fwcutter-011
make
cd ..
Use version 3.130.20.0 of Broadcom's proprietary driver. 
Download and extract the firmware from this driver: 
export FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR="/lib/firmware"
wget http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o
sudo ./b43-fwcutter-011/b43-fwcutter -w "$FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR" wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o
Note
that you must adjust the FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR path to your
distribution. The standard place where firmware is installed to is
/lib/firmware. However some distributions put firmware in a different
place.  
You are using the deprecated bcm43xx driver
If you are using the old deprecated bcm43xx driver, follow these instructions. 
Use version 006 of bcm43xx-fwcutter. 
Download, extract the bcm43xx-fwcutter tarball and build it: 
wget http://bu3sch.de/b43/fwcutter/bcm43xx-fwcutter-006.tar.bz2
tar xjf bcm43xx-fwcutter-006.tar.bz2
cd bcm43xx-fwcutter-006
make
cd ..
Use version 3.130.20.0 of Broadcom's proprietary driver. 
Download and extract the firmware from this driver: 
export FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR="/lib/firmware"
wget http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o
sudo ./bcm43xx-fwcutter-006/bcm43xx-fwcutter -w "$FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR" wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.oNote
that you must adjust the FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR path to your
distribution. The standard place where firmware is installed to is
/lib/firmware. However some distributions put firmware in a different
place.

Allen Meyers
chef11994 at sbcglobal.net
wortham_tx at yahoo.com
texas.chef at gmail.com
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