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| author | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2006-01-23 16:59:58 -0500 |
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| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2006-03-27 11:18:23 -0500 |
| commit | f222313a61a5e134de80767b35c672b91e78383c (patch) | |
| tree | c3a8dca8a021bd88f58112e70ce52cfb28e99ff1 /drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/README | |
| parent | 5d5d7727a8cde78f798ecf04bac8031eff536f9d (diff) | |
| download | linux-f222313a61a5e134de80767b35c672b91e78383c.tar.gz | |
[PATCH] wireless: import bcm43xx sources
Import the bcm43xx driver from the upstream sources here:
ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/bcm43xx/snapshots/bcm43xx/bcm43xx-20060123.tar.bz2
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/README')
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diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/README b/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..64d9022de7fe1 --- /dev/null +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/README @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ + + BCM43xx Linux Driver Project + ============================ + +About this software +------------------- + +The goal of this project is to develop a linux driver for Broadcom +BCM43xx chips, based on the specification at +http://bcm-specs.sipsolutions.net/ + +The project page is http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ + + +Requirements +------------ + +1) Linux Kernel 2.6.15 or later + http://www.kernel.org/ + + You may want to configure your kernel with: + + CONFIG_DEBUG_FS (optional): + -> Kernel hacking + -> Debug Filesystem + +2) SoftMAC IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack extension and patched ieee80211 + modules: + http://softmac.sipsolutions.net/ + +3) Firmware Files + + Please try fwcutter. Fwcutter can extract the firmware from various + binary driver files. It supports driver files from Windows, MacOS and + Linux. You can get fwcutter from http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/. + Also, fwcutter comes with a README file for further instructions. |