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Bug#1095062: linux: b43 driver error: outdated firmware URL

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  Bug#1095062: linux: b43 driver error: outdated firmware URL Bernard Davis 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    Bug#1095062: linux: b43 driver error: outdated firmware URL Salvatore Bonaccorso 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

#85364 — Bug#1095062: linux: b43 driver error: outdated firmware URL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However, that URL is outdated and currently returns a 404 error.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b43), which displays the outdated URL.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The error message shows an outdated URL (https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/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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#85389

Hi,

On Mon, Feb 03, 2025 at 09:06:40PM +1100, Bernard Davis wrote:
> 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.

There is really little sense to report such documentation issues
downstream in Debian, causes just overhead and should have gone
ideally directly to upstream.

That said I have done and pointed out that there might be more
outdated references.

Regards,
Salvatore

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