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From: "W.Kenworthy" <billk@×××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] broadcom BCM4309 chipset and 2005.1 install
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 04:14:28
Message-Id: 1127880166.17121.3.camel@localhost
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] broadcom BCM4309 chipset and 2005.1 install by "Jonathan A. Kollasch"
1 Ive found that the latest knoppix has ndiswrapper so I have grabbed the
2 windoze binary and will give that a go tonight - 2005.1 doesnt appear to
3 have ndiswrapper. If all else failed I'll carry the thing into the
4 study and run a cable from the switch until I get everything copied
5 across :(
6
7 BillK
8
9
10 On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 22:20 -0500, Jonathan A. Kollasch wrote:
11 > On Tuesday 27 September 2005 07:40 am, W.Kenworthy wrote:
12 > > I am just about to install gentoo on my wifes dell9200 with the broadcom
13 > > BCM4309 chipset. However, no wlan0 is created and the chipset is not
14 > > detected.
15 >
16 > Um, Broadcom + IEEE 802.11 + Free Unix = no support (unless you're running a
17 > Linux 2.4 kernel on the MIPS32-el architecture, and then it's a proprietary
18 > binary).
19 >
20 > Jonathan Kollasch
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Re: [gentoo-user] broadcom BCM4309 chipset and 2005.1 install Steve Brenneis <sbrenneis@×××××.net>