From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from vs166246.vserver.de ([62.75.166.246]:58075 "EHLO vs166246.vserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753657AbXLLLQh (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Dec 2007 06:16:37 -0500 From: Michael Buesch To: Randy Cushman Subject: Re: BCM4306 Questions Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:14:50 +0100 Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org References: <475F2DAD.4000708@roadrunner.com> In-Reply-To: <475F2DAD.4000708@roadrunner.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <200712121214.50522.mb@bu3sch.de> (sfid-20071212_111644_456258_93F7797A) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wednesday 12 December 2007 01:39:09 Randy Cushman wrote: > Recently I retrofitted my older HP laptop with a "Broadcom 802.11b/g > WLAN" miniPCI adapter. The adapter works well with Windows XP. Now I > would like to be able to use the adapter with Linux. > > Question: Is there any hope of using this adapter with a native driver, Yes. > Complication: Neither bcm43xx-fwcutter nor b43-fwcutter recognizes the > latest driver I found at HP. I figure it would be best for me to use > this firmware because this is the only driver that I have found to be > stable. The driver stability is not related to the firmware. You have to use this firmware: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware > Question: Could someone instruct a mere applications software engineer > on how to determine the values to insert into fwcutter_list.h to support > this driver (or provide documentation to this effect)? No. Use the officially supported firmware. -- Greetings Michael.