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On Tuesday 04 Dec 2012 15:30:04 Dustin C. Hatch wrote: |
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> On 12/4/2012 06:11, Florian Philipp wrote: |
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> > Do you actually need broadcom-sta anymore? With the recent kernel |
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> > updates more chips work with the in-kernel driver (brcmsmac). But the |
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> > config option is well hidden (you need to enable BCMA to even see it). |
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> Yes, I initially tried the b43 driver, which worked, but consistently |
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> dropped about 5-15% of packets, making it mostly unusable. I also tried |
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> bcrmsmac and bcrmfmac, and neither of them supported my card (432b). |
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> Unfortunately, I can't get a different card, either, because I my |
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> notebook has a "whitelist" of supported devices in the BIOS, and it |
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> won't even boot with a mini-pci-e card installed that isn't in that |
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> list. Thanks, HP :( |
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This sounds scary!!! Isn't there a way of disabling this feature in the BIOS? |
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Have you spoken to the HP police to ask what they can do to allow you to |
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manage the machine you bought from them? O_O |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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