New brcm80211 driver firmware pet

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jim3630
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New brcm80211 driver firmware pet

#1 Post by jim3630 »

Broadcom new brcmsmac and brcmfmac drivers needed firmware pet by pemasu. firmware compressed package originally provided by Tempestuous.

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=71755

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http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/brcm80211

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Thanks for the info. See my blog post:

http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02484
[url]https://bkhome.org/news/[/url]

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#3 Post by jim3630 »

BarryK wrote:Thanks for the info. See my blog post:

http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02484
forgot my password for your blog so couldn't post but that is...

Truly excellent!


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These new drivers will replace the need for the wl.ko proprietary driver and as BarryK mentions in his blog they along with the firmware "will be in the next upload of Woof, so puppies built from that Woof and with the 2.6.39.x+ kernels will support those Broadcom drivers out-of-the-box."

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