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Beso wrote: |
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> 2008/12/5 Mark Haney <mhaney@××××××××××××.org>: |
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>> Joseph Jon Booker wrote: |
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>>> On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:28:03 -0500 |
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>>> "Mark Haney" <mhaney@××××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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>>>> Quick question, is it still necessary to patch the 2.6.26 kernel for |
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>>>> broadcom wireless cards? I've not found a new broadcom driver |
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>>>> in .26, so I'm hanging on to .25 for now, but I'd like to use .26. |
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>>>> Anyone using it with broadcom cards? How did you set it up? |
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>>> What does `lspci|grep Broadcom` say? I've got 4311 (rev2) and it works |
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>>> fine on .25 and .26 without patches. |
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>> Mine's a 4306. My problem is, I don't see (in .26) the module for the |
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>> Broadcom cards. I know using my old config from .25 that the card isn't |
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>> even seen since no module is built. So, how did you get your 4311 working? |
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>> NDISWRAPPER? |
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> if i recall well, that chip is not a real 4303, but something like |
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> 4316. and it doesn't work well with linux. |
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> try to look on the official bcm43xx site and see what it says there. i |
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> had a big deal of issues with that |
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> card and so i've finished by buying a gigabyte one with an atheros chipset. |
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Beso, did you mean it's not a real 4306? (Instead of 4303) If so, my |
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card works great in linux, I've not had any trouble with it ever. I get |
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fantastic speeds and it's rock solid stable. |
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