| Broadcom brcmsmac (mac80211-based softmac PCIe) and brcmfmac (SDIO) drivers. |
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| Completely open source host drivers, no binary object files. |
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| Support for the following chips: |
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| brcmsmac (PCIe) |
| Name Device ID |
| BCM4313 0x4727 |
| BCM43224 0x4353 |
| BCM43225 0x4357 |
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| brcmfmac (SDIO) |
| Name |
| BCM4329 |
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| Both brcmsmac and brcmfmac drivers require firmware files that need to be |
| separately downloaded. |
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| Firmware |
| ====================== |
| Firmware is available from the Linux firmware repository at: |
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| git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git |
| http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git |
| https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git |
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| Broadcom brcmsmac driver |
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| - Support for both 32 and 64 bit Linux kernels |
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| Firmware installation |
| ====================== |
| Copy brcm/bcm43xx-0.fw and brcm/bcm43xx_hdr-0.fw to |
| /lib/firmware/brcm (or wherever firmware is normally installed |
| on your system). |
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| Broadcom brcmfmac driver |
| =============================================================== |
| - Support for 32 bit Linux kernel, 64 bit untested |
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| Firmware installation |
| ====================== |
| Copy brcm/bcm4329-fullmac-4.bin and brcm/bcm4329-fullmac-4.txt |
| to /lib/firmware/brcm (or wherever firmware is normally installed on your |
| system). |
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| Contact Info: |
| ============= |
| Brett Rudley brudley@broadcom.com |
| Henry Ptasinski henryp@broadcom.com |
| Dowan Kim dowan@broadcom.com |
| Roland Vossen rvossen@broadcom.com |
| Arend van Spriel arend@broadcom.com |
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| For more info, refer to: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/brcm80211 |
