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Broadcom Wireless Frimware challenges

Asked by Daniel_Curry in Linux Networking, Linux Administration, Red Hat Linux

Tags: Linux, CentOS 5.1, x86_64, HP, Pavilion, dv9000 series laptop, Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 02)

I have an HP Pavilion dv9000 series laptop.  I had installed Fedora 8 (x86_64) on it and had the Broadcom wlan working.  
I then installed CentOS 5.1 (x86_64) for RHCE prep reasons.  I used the same tools and processes for the Fedora install on CentOS only to be told by the system:

bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw"

not available or load failed.

The  bcm43xx_microcode5.fw is NOT the same fw file that Fedora required.  I have added the bcm43xx_microcode5.fw to the /lib/firmware dir only to get:

bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load failed.
bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-2)


I would greatly appreciate suggestions and recommendations on getting this wlan device working correctly with CentOS.

Thanks


Linux pavilion.pcpn.local 2.6.18-53.1.13.el5 #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 13:02:30 EST 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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Zones: Linux Networking, Linux Administration, Red Hat Linux
Tags: Linux, CentOS 5.1, x86_64, HP, Pavilion, dv9000 series laptop, Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 02)
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