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Bug#1095062: linux: b43 driver error: outdated firmware URL

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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However, that URL is outdated and currently returns a 404 error.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b43), which displays the outdated URL.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The error message shows an outdated URL (https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/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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Bug#1095062: linux: b43 driver error: outdated firmware URL Bernard Davis <bernard@bdavis.au> - 2025-02-03 11:10 +0100
  Bug#1095062: linux: b43 driver error: outdated firmware URL Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2025-02-05 12:20 +0100

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