From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mta19.adelphia.net ([68.168.78.226]:40243 "EHLO mta19.adelphia.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758216AbXLLLF3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Dec 2007 06:05:29 -0500 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (really [69.204.11.190]) by mta9.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with ESMTP id <20071212003911.CQY3002.mta9.adelphia.net@[127.0.0.1]> for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:39:11 -0500 Message-ID: <475F2DAD.4000708@roadrunner.com> (sfid-20071212_110544_110578_F8FBB681) Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:39:09 -0500 From: Randy Cushman MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: BCM4306 Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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