Bug 280070

Summary:	Cannot find firmware file 'bcm43xx_microcode5.fw'
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE 10.3	Reporter:	Chad Groneman <cgroneman>
Component:	Mobile Devices	Assignee:	Joachim Gleissner <joachim.gleissner>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None	CC:	behlert, forgotten_Si7ddX0wxG
Version:	Alpha 4
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86-64
OS:	Other
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Description Chad Groneman 2007-06-01 16:03:47 UTC

I keep getting the following message in my /var/log/messages:
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Jun  1 09:55:33 cwxhost kernel: bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load failed.
Jun  1 09:55:33 cwxhost kernel: bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-2)
Jun  1 09:55:33 cwxhost firmware.sh[4989]: Cannot find  firmware file 'bcm43xx_microcode5.fw'
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Comment 1 Helmut Schaa 2007-06-04 12:56:17 UTC

You have to install the required firmware. A description how to obtain and install the firmware can be found at [1], section "openSUSE 10.2 Option 1".

[1] http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Broadcom_%28BCM4306%29_WLAN_Installation_under_SUSE

Comment 2 Joachim Gleissner 2007-06-22 13:55:53 UTC

Exactly. You can alternatively use the script install_bcm43xx_firmware (part of package bcm43xx-fwcutter) to download and install the firmware automatically.

Comment 3 Matej Horvath 2007-10-22 08:53:22 UTC

*** Bug 335534 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***