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I have tried both firmware versions under Linux 3.15, using a 14e4:4311 (rev 02) chip, and none is working for it. Thanks perseus for the heads-up.

There is a problem with the BCM 4311 (maybe other cards too, I don't know), and kernel 3.15. In case anybody comes here looking for an answer, this thread refers to it: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=183114

Thanks for letting me know about that. Is anyone else experiencing the same problem? If so, I'll make v6.30.163.46 the default.

@crepererum: Download the tarball. It contains two PKGBUILD files: the standard one and the PKGBUILD.new. Just remove the ".new" the file name and build it. It's the PKGBUILD for version 6.x.

It seems that the current (new) kernel requires version 6.xx With the old version it worked for a long time. After some updating (sorry, forgot to check the version, because I use WIFI only rarely), I got """ b43-phy0 ERROR: Microcode not responding 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. """ After using the new package version (PKGBUILD.new), everything works fine.

If restarting your computer and reinstalling this package doesn't fix the problem, perhaps send a message to the "b43-dev" mailing list: http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/b43-dev

now with Kernel 3.14.1-1 my firmware wasn't found anymore. Both Firmware Versions 5.xx and 6.xx failed: Apr 30 15:50:47 laptop kernel: b43-phy0: Broadcom 4312 WLAN found (core revision 15) Apr 30 15:50:47 laptop kernel: b43-phy0: Found PHY: Analog 6, Type 5 (LP), Revision 1 Apr 30 15:50:47 laptop kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/lp0initvals15.fw" not found Apr 30 15:50:47 laptop kernel: Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PMNLS ] Apr 30 15:50:47 laptop kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode15.fw" not found Apr 30 15:50:47 laptop kernel: 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. Before updating my system, on Kernel 3.13.8-1 it works very well.

In an attempt to keep everyone happy, I've added a PKGBUILD for v6.30.163.46 to the tarball. When that version becomes official, I'll overwrite the previous PKGBUILD with this new one.

@Xavion: It didn't hit me until now. Upstream really doesn't mention anything about version 6.x. Still, they claim that b43 does not support BCM4322. Well, that's strange since I'm using it right now with the newest package. No hangs, no problems, no error logs. Hope the instruction set is not out of date. ;) I going to test the new version for a while. As of now it seems to work nicely when operating normally and on suspending and resuming the system. If anything unusual pops up, I'll let you know. :)

Although v6.30.163.46 is available for download, there's no mention of it at the upstream URL yet. I think we should wait for the release to become official before updating the PKGBUILD.