Bug 408411

That PCI ID already is supported.  However, the wireless core on that device 
is only recently supported and is still in development.

A preliminary patch supporting that device is available in the -63.fc8 kernel.  
Please try that kernel (should be in updates now/soon).  Does it work for you?

Have never configured a wireless card.  Having trouble with this same device on
HP notebook powered by AMD Turion64x2.  Running kernel 2.6.23.8-63.fc8.  Device
does not show up in hwconf.  Last line of lspci is:
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 01)
That's the only mention of the device from lspci.  I probaBLY don't know what
I'm doing but hope the above yields a clue.

I am sorry. I probably wouldn't have filed the bug, except the chip was listed
as supported in messages that were dated earlier this year.

With the -63 kernel, I can see the available networks, it even tries to connect.
I am not sure which stage if fails in other than I never seem to get an IP address.

Thank you for pursuing this issue. It works better than it did. Thank you.

Please attach the contents of /var/log/messages after trying to connect.

Created attachment 277701 [details]
/var/log/messages

As I said, it just seems to fail on dhcp.

May I add to this:

I have a Compaq Presario F500 with this broadcom wireless which was working like
a charme in F7. After an upgrade it stopped working.

Well not really. It connects, sometimes, and after some time it disconnects
(using NM, not network). I found out that if I was less then a meter from the
AP, disconnections didn't happen anymore.

It's been about 2 weeks already, and I tried almost everything I thought could
help. What I did now is install a kernel from Fedora 7 and the wireless
connection is working (I'm sending this message from my Laptop using the
wireless connection right now).

I have seen some discussion about the problems that F8 has with the b43 driver
in the broadcom driver list (the linux driver).

I'm going to try the linux-2.6.24-rc6 kernel to see if things are fixed there
later. I'll feed back and information needed.

FYI, kernel 2.6.24-0.133.rc6.git8.fc9 from rawhide works like a charm, and I was
able to install it without needing anything else from rawhide.

I can second this. However, kernel-2.6.24-0.136.rc6.git12.fc9, has a lot of bugs
that make it unusable. (rtc rtc0 symlink problems are back, cannot access the
clock with any known method, etc.). Can the wifi drivers be ported to a working
f8 kernel? (This is posted via the driver that works.)

-101.fc8 should have a b43 driver identical to the rawhide kernels cited 
above...do those kernels work for you?

This does not seem to have been pushed yet. I don't even see it at
download.fedora.redhat.com

They have not yet made it through the release process.  You can find them in 
the build system here:

   http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=30116

Yes. This fixes it. If Martí­n Marqués agrees, this bug should be closed as
fixed. Thank you John for your prompt and accurate responses.

I have the same device as Trever and it still doesn't work for me with kernel 101.

It just keeps repeating this after successfully associating:

  b43-phy0 debug: RX: Packet dropped

Then NetworkManager pops up and asks for the key again.

I second Trevor in the fact that kernel -101.fc8 works.

Chuck, never seen those lines in my messages log. What board do you have and
what configuration are you using? Also, try the broadcom-list.

03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 1374
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
        Memory at c8000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [58] Vendor Specific Information
        Capabilities: [e8] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0
Enable-
        Capabilities: [d0] Express Endpoint IRQ 0

Looks like the device may be disabled by the front-panel switch. Is there any
way to override that?

Chuck, just put the switch on. What's the problem with it?

(In reply to comment #17)
> Chuck, just put the switch on. What's the problem with it?

Nothing happens when I toggle it (the light stays orange when it should change
to blue.)

http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=120488924708343&w=2

Sometimes the RF kill switches can be hard to move, apparently. :-)

This devices seems to have been supported by b43 for some time now.  Is this 
still a problem?

Mine has worked since I said it did in my post on 2008-01-08 03:23 EST. Chuck is
the one we need to hear from. (In fact it works great for me.)

Sorry, I meant to NEEDINFO Chuck instead...

Chuck, do you have the needed information for John? I would like to close this
bug or otherwise not see it.

Closed based on lack of response...please reopen if the problem persist -- 
thanks!