From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dan Williams Subject: Re: Linux driver for Broadcom BCM4312 [14e4:4315] Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:12:25 -0800 Message-ID: <1261087945.1858.1.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <4B2A9199.2020006@postmail.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Marco Divertito Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:52115 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760090AbZLQWMe (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:12:34 -0500 In-Reply-To: <4B2A9199.2020006@postmail.ch> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, 2009-12-17 at 21:16 +0100, Marco Divertito wrote: > Hi > > I found some valuable help on > http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 > Thank you all. > > I don't know if that has reached you already, but for the formentioned > PCI-WLAN-Controller > there is a driver readily available at Broadcom's > http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php Yes, but that driver is a proprietary blob that nobody can fix or update when new features hit the kernel. The upstream 'b43' and 'b43-legacy' drivers are the right place for any Broadcom wifi hardware support. If you're interested in helping, I know the b43 project needs some help implementing parts of the N-PHY spec still, and also help reverse-engineering the LP-PHY bits that are common in netbooks. Dan