[Wylug-discuss] Laptops again

Tim Fletcher tim at night-shade.org.uk
Mon Oct 24 10:21:43 UTC 2011


On Mon, 2011-10-24 at 11:18 +0100, Paul Brook wrote:
> > 03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n
> > Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)
> 
> Short story is that there are two drivers for Broadcom chipsets: b43 which has 
> been about for years [originally] based on reverse-engineering, and brcmsmac 
> which is Broadcom's eventual attempt at an open source driver.  The former is 
> usually the preferred solution, but unfortunately doesn't support your 
> chipset.

Also check for DMA problems like this:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/502433

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Tim Fletcher <tim at night-shade.org.uk>




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