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Juanito:

--- Quote from: eltone on January 13, 2013, 11:37:34 PM ---What is the preferred method to auto-start b43, at boot?

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I've probably had three different sets of broadcom hardware that worked with the b43 module and firmware obtained using b43-fwcutter (my current hardware will only work with the wl module):

If the wireless-KERNEL extension is loaded at boot, the b43 module will load automatically as long as the wifi hardware switch is in the "on" position.

If your broadcom hardware requires a home-made (using b43-fwcutter) firmware extension in order to work, this extension needs to be loaded before the wireless-KERNEL extension.

So, whilst you're figuring things out, it's better not to load the wireless-KERNEL extension "onboot".

Once things are working, I believe you should be able to load your home-made firmware extension "onboot" and run the wifi script from bootlocal (which will load the wireless-KERNEL extension).

Juanito:
Assuming your wifi is enabled in hardware, if you do this:
--- Code: ---$ tce-load -i wireless-KERNEL
$ lsmod
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..has the b43 module been loaded automatically?

Does you hardware need firmware loaded to work?

Juanito:

--- Quote from: eltone on January 22, 2013, 09:50:45 PM ---I cannot comment on 'tce-load', since man pages has no coverage of it.

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"tce-load" is the tinycore command for loading extensions...

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