From patchwork Fri Mar 18 18:02:55 2011 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Natty, linux-firmware, pull-request] UBUNTU: Add symlinks to broadcom firmware files From: Leann Ogasawara X-Patchwork-Id: 87564 Message-Id: <1300471375.1813.34.camel@emiko> To: Tim Gardner Cc: kernel-team Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:02:55 -0700 BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/728746 The brcm80211 module tries to load non-existent firmware and thus throws the following type of error: brcm80211: fail to load firmware brcm/bcm43xx-0.fw brcm80211: Failed to find firmware usually in /lib/firmware/brcm The necessary firmware is actually available at: /lib/firmware/brcm/bcm43xx-0-610-809-0.fw /lib/firmware/brcm/bcm43xx_hdr-0-610-809-0.fw Adding symlinks to the proper files resolves the issue and has been confirmed by the bug reporter to allow the driver/device to operate as expected. Pull request is as follows, please consider applying to the Natty linux-firmware package. The following changes since commit bd96ae379112b379396a2c1da83601932236f18e: Ubuntu-1.48 (2011-03-03 07:55:43 -0700) are available in the git repository at: git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ogasawara/linux-firmware.git lp728746 Leann Ogasawara (1): UBUNTU: Add symlinks to broadcom firmware files brcm/bcm43xx-0.fw | 1 + brcm/bcm43xx_hdr-0.fw | 1 + 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 120000 brcm/bcm43xx-0.fw create mode 120000 brcm/bcm43xx_hdr-0.fw