Re: BCM43224: 00:00:00:00:00:00 address(3.2.0-rc3-00099-g883381d)

From: Arend van Spriel
Date: Fri Dec 02 2011 - 06:27:23 EST


On 12/01/2011 11:48 PM, Nico Schottelius wrote:
> Hello,
>
> just received another version of the macbook air, which is
> labeled MacBookAir4,2 again.
>
> This time I'm on Linus' 3.2.0-rc3-00099-g883381d and cannot
> use the integrated wifi:
>
> [23:43] brief:drivers# ip l show wlan0
> 2: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN qlen 1000
> link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> [23:43] brief:drivers# ip l s wlan0 up
> RTNETLINK answers: Cannot assign requested address
>
> It seems this time b43 is responsible for the card, not brcmsmac
> anymore (superseeded it seems).
>
> Is there a working tree out there somewhere? :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Nico
>

Hi Nico,

Have you tried the brcmsmac driver?

Gr. AvS

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