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ms

Member

Registered: 2011-04-01

Posts: 90

b43 firmware

Which (cooking) package contains the b43 firmware? Rather how do I get the latest b43 firmware?

I downloaded it from Debian and converted it into a tazpkg, but that gives the DMA error, so I have to force it to run in PIO mode to make it connect. I read somewhere that PIO mode is slower and consumes more CPU. Funny thing is, before I upgraded cooking, b43 was working fine.

totoetsasoeur

Moderator

Registered: 2011-03-29

Posts: 247

Re: b43 firmware

What about using this page: http://pkgs.slitaz.org/search.sh

- left tab: select "file",

- middle text box: enter "b43",

- right tab: select "cooking",

- then click on the "search" button.

Finally download the package that fits your needs and install it as usual.

Happy slitaz.

ms

Member

Registered: 2011-04-01

Posts: 90

Re: b43 firmware

ok my bad. laziness gets you sometimes. reckon the package I was looking for was get-wifi-firmware. thanks.

ms

Member

Registered: 2011-04-01

Posts: 90

Re: b43 firmware

Anyway, ensuring I have the latest b43 firmware didn't do anything special. Turns out bcm4312 will only work in PIO mode. Although, I remember reading somewhere that this issue was only with kernel 2.6.36 and older. More importantly, it worked perfectly fine before I ran tazpkg upgrade.