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> net-misc/bcm4400 is a kernel driver built as an external package through |
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> portage. The codebase which this package use has been discontinued |
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> upstream. The upstream replacement (which is not in Portage directly) is |
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> simply a copy of the in-kernel b44 driver code. |
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> For this reason we are suggesting everyone migrates to the b44 in-kernel |
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> driver (I guess net-misc/bcm4400 doesn't really have any users anyway...). |
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As i said in Bugzilla already: |
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I had problems with the in-kernel driver some kernel-versions ago (like |
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2.6.15) and since then, i'm using the bcm4400 which worked much much |
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better concerning details like getting an address via dhcp and such things. |
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Since yesterday, i'm now testing/using the in-kernel driver of 2.6.17.11 |
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and as far as i can see, it works great. So hopefully no problems come |
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up again. |