Bug 205819 - b43 firmware URL "Not found"
Summary: b43 firmware URL "Not found"
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Drivers
Classification: Unclassified
Component: network-wireless (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: P1 normal
Assignee: drivers_network-wireless@kernel-bugs.osdl.org
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Reported: 2019-12-09 19:00 UTC by Chris Murphy
Modified: 2020-03-17 22:41 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Kernel Version: 5.4.2
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Regression: No
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Description Chris Murphy 2019-12-09 19:00:35 UTC 
5.4.2-300.fc31.x86_64

dmesg
[    6.743060] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode29_mimo.fw" not found
[    6.743061] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode29_mimo.fw" not found
[    6.743062] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.


That URL results in "Not found" and appears to be malformed.


X http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware
🗸 https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/b43
Comment 1 Chris Murphy 2020-03-17 22:41:34 UTC 
The kernel MAINTAINERS file also contains a bad URL that 404s.

B43 WIRELESS DRIVER
L:	linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
L:	b43-dev@lists.infradead.org
W:	http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
S:	Odd Fixes
F:	drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/

B43LEGACY WIRELESS DRIVER
M:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
L:	linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
L:	b43-dev@lists.infradead.org
W:	http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
S:	Maintained
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