Andy -- I am currently running a bcm 4306 with 2.6.23.1-49.fc8 and it still doesn't include "drop in" support. I had to use fwcutter to set it up but it has so far worked almost flawlessly, a big time improvement from earlier versions. I know this is not exactly relating to Centos but it is like the "pot and kettle" analogy. Regards, Dan On Dec 1, 2007 2:28 PM, Andrew Allen <andy.allen at virgin.net> wrote: > On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 15:13 -0600, Barry Brimer wrote: > > Quoting Andrew Allen <andy.allen at virgin.net>: > > > > > On Mon, 2007-11-19 at 15:52 -0600, Barry Brimer wrote: > > > > Quoting Andrew Allen <andy.allen at virgin.net>: > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 2007-11-18 at 19:41 -0600, Barry Brimer wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I have a Dell laptop that I believe has the same card. The > CentOS 5 > > > > > > kernel did not appear to support it, but the RHEL 5.1 (and > subsequently > > > > > > upon its release) the CentOS 5.1 kernel does support it. You > will need > > > to > > > > > > drop the firmware into /lib/firmware .. I believe this is a > bcm43xx > > > card. > > > > > > > > > > > > Barry > > > > > > > > > > Thanks Barry, > > > > > In view of what you say about CentOS 5.1 supporting this card, I > think > > > > > I'm going to wait until it's released - hope that won't be too > long. Any > > > > > other possible solutions (eg like using ndiswrapper) look far too > > > > > complicated for a linux newbie like me! I hope that I'll be able > to > > > > > update the kernel without having to do a complete re-install. In > the > > > > > meantime I'm just going to have to use MS Windows XP (I have > dual-boot > > > > > on this laptop) for any wireless networking. > > > > > > > > I was using ndiswrapper for this card until RHEL 5.1's kernel picked > it up. > > > I > > > > noticed that it now found an 'eth1' interface that didn't exist > before. > > > > ndiswrapper does work, but has somewhat occasional crashes most > likely due > > > to > > > > RHEL's 4k stack size that is not really compatible with ndiswrapper. > I > > > agree, > > > > you should wait until the CentOS 5.1 kernel comes out because > assuming you > > > and > > > > I have the same card, all you need is the firmware .. and it will > work > > > without > > > > further issue. > > > > > > > > Barry > > > > > > > > > > > I've now upgraded the kernel to CentOS 2.6.18-8.1.15.e15, so assume my > > > OS is now effectively CentOS 5.1. However, I'm afraid I'm still at a > bit > > > of a loss as to how it supports my Dell laptop wireless card (bcm43xx > > > card?), as it's still not listed in the list of supported adapters in > > > Network Config. Can anybody please suggest where I go from here? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Andy > > > > You are still on the CentOS 5 kernel, not the CentOS 5.1 kernel. The > base RHEL > > 5 kernel is kernel-2.6.18-53.el5 and the most recent is > > kernel-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5. I don't believe CentOS 5.1 is out yet, but > I've not > > checked today. > > > > Barry > > Thanks Barry, > Some recent CentOS-list emails have implied that if CentOS 5 is fully > updated, it will be (effectively) CentOS 5.1, but this is clearly not > the case! I've looked again at the Release Notes at > http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.1 and see that > CentOS 5.1 isn't relesed yet. So I'll have to be patient and wait - I > hope that'll be rewarded when I find it does support my wireless card! > > Andy > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Dan Maranville -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20071201/87ff7853/attachment-0005.html>