From: Randy Cushman <rcushman_linux@roadrunner.com>
To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: BCM4306 Questions
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:39:09 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <475F2DAD.4000708@roadrunner.com> (raw)
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,
or should I use ndiswrapper? Requirement: I want to be able to connect
to networks using WPA-PSK.
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.
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)?
Details:
- BCM-4306 -based adapter. Vendor 14E4, Device 4320, Subsys 12F8103C,
Rev 03
- HP driver SP36684.EXE, v4.150.29.0 (7/11/2007) (BCMWL5.SYS)
- unstable driver tried: v4.100.15.5
- openSUSE 10.3 installed bcm43xx-fwcutter and loaded modules bcm43xx
and ieee80211_softmac
Randy Cushman
next reply other threads:[~2007-12-12 11:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-12-12 0:39 Randy Cushman [this message]
2007-12-12 11:14 ` BCM4306 Questions Michael Buesch
[not found] ` <475FCB46.2030209@roadrunner.com>
2007-12-12 12:00 ` Michael Buesch
2007-12-13 0:46 ` Randy Cushman
2007-12-13 1:17 ` Pavel Roskin
2007-12-14 1:43 ` Randy Cushman
2007-12-14 4:21 ` Pavel Roskin
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