On Tue, 2009-06-30 at 01:19 +0200, Simon Richter wrote: > Package: linux-image-2.6.30-1-686 > Version: 2.6.30-1 > Severity: normal > > Hi, > > starting with 2.6.30, the b43 driver is autoloaded for the bcm4312 with > LP-PHY, identified by PCI Product ID 0x4315; the driver then complains that > the device is unsupported. > > This shadows the declaration by the non-free broadcom-sta driver, so this > driver is no longer autoloaded, and I have to explicitly load it in order > to allow my WLAN to work. [...]
That's not how module loading works. If there are two modules that handle the same device id they will both be loaded. If the first probe function returns failure then the other will get a chance. These lines tell us that the probe function is indeed return failure: [ 10.013632] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4312 WLAN found (core revision 15) [ 10.344469] b43-phy0 ERROR: FOUND UNSUPPORTED PHY (Analog 6, Type 5, Revision 1) [ 10.344829] b43: probe of ssb0:0 failed with error -95 [ 10.344888] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PMLR, Firmware-ID: FW13 ] It may be that you need to run "depmod -a" to complete installation of broadcom-sta. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings When you say `I wrote a program that crashed Windows', people just stare ... and say `Hey, I got those with the system, *for free*'. - Linus Torvalds
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