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linux: b43 driver error: outdated firmware URL

From Bernard Davis@21:1/5 to Debian Bug Tracking System on Mon Feb 3 21:06:40 2025

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Source: linux
Version: 6.1.0-30-amd64
Severity: minor

Dear Maintainer,

I am reporting a documentation bug in the b43 wireless driver. When the firmware required for a Broadcom 43xx wireless device is missing, the driver outputs the following error message in the kernel log:
b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/ Drivers/b43#devicefirmware[1] and download the correct firmware for this
driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website. However, that URL is outdated and currently returns a 404 error. The correct URL is now: https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/b43.html[2]

Steps to reproduce:
1. Don't install the required driver with b43-fwcutter or otherwise
2. Observe the error message in the kernel log (e.g. journalctl -b | grep b43), which displays the outdated URL.
Expected behavior:
The error message should display the updated URL so users read the
instructions to install the firmware.

Actual behavior:
The error message shows an outdated URL (https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/ en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware) which leads to a 404 error, causing confusion for users trying to resolve the firmware issue.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.9
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-30-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_WARN, TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Regards,
Bernard Davis

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[1] https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware
[2] https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/b43.html

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<body>Source: linux
Version: 6.1.0-30-amd64
Severity: minor
 Dear Maintainer,
 I am reporting a documentation bug in the b43 wireless driver. When the firmware required for a Broadcom 43xx wireless device is missing, the driver outputs the following error
message in the kernel log:
b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to <a href="https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware">https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware</a>&
nbsp;and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.
However, that URL is outdated and currently returns a 404 error. The correct URL is now:
<a href="https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/b43.html">https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/b43.html</a>
 Steps to reproduce:

<ol type="1">
<li>Don't install the required driver with b43-fwcutter or otherwise</li> <li>Observe the error message in the kernel log (e.g. journalctl -b | grep b43), which displays the outdated URL.</li>
</ol>
Expected behavior:
The error message should display the updated URL so users read the instructions to install the firmware.
 Actual behavior:
The error message shows an outdated URL (https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware) which leads to a 404 error, causing confusion for users trying to resolve
the firmware issue.
 -- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.9
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
 Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-30-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_WARN, TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
 Regards,
Bernard Davis
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