Description of problem: On the fc5 stable kernel and the rawhide kernels for some time now (maybe even since the release of FC 5), bcm43xx does not automatically load on my iBook G4. I have to modprobe bcm43xx to get it to load. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 kernel-2.6.16-1.2096_FC5 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
Steps to Reproduce: Boot up an iBook G4 with FC5 on it. Do an lsmod. Actual results: No bcm43xx loaded Expected results: bcm43xx loaded
A new kernel update has been released (Version: 2.6.18-1.2200.fc5) based upon a new upstream kernel release. Please retest against this new kernel, as a large number of patches go into each upstream release, possibly including changes that may address this problem. This bug has been placed in NEEDINFO state. Due to the large volume of inactive bugs in bugzilla, if this bug is still in this state in two weeks time, it will be closed. Should this bug still be relevant after this period, the reporter can reopen the bug at any time. Any other users on the Cc: list of this bug can request that the bug be reopened by adding a comment to the bug. In the last few updates, some users upgrading from FC4->FC5 have reported that installing a kernel update has left their systems unbootable. If you have been affected by this problem please check you only have one version of device-mapper & lvm2 installed. See bug 207474 for further details. If this bug is a problem preventing you from installing the release this version is filed against, please see bug 169613. If this bug has been fixed, but you are now experiencing a different problem, please file a separate bug for the new problem. Thank you.
I'm assuming that you've got the required firmware installed, and that everything works when you've got that in place and manually load bcm43xx, yes? And you also have a line 'alias eth1 bcm43xx' in /etc/modprobe.conf? I seem to recall similar issues on my PowerBook G4, but its been a while, and everything Just Works like it ought to with soon-to-be FC6. Definitely give the new kernel in comment #2 a try if the kernel you've got now still exhibits this problem. Everything's definitely fixed in FC6, and I think we back-ported that for FC5 as well...
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