broadcom 802.11g driver for ppc

[Michael A. Peters]

On Wed, 2005-12-14 at 15:44 -0500, Warren Togami wrote:
> Paul Wouters wrote:
> > broadcom 802.11g reverse engineered:
> > 
> > http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20051205195525114
> > 
> > gpl linux driver:
> > 
> > http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/
> > 
> > Is anyone working on adding this to the ppc tree? (maybe in Core?)
> > 
> > Or else I could package this up.
> > 
> > Would there be any legal issues including this kernel module?
> > 
> > Paul
> 
> It would be best to get the driver into the upstream kernel, then Fedora 
> can easily have it.  But it is likely not to happen until the driver is 
> much more mature.

If this module does what I think it does - it would be extremely
beneficial to the ppc community because it would allow them to use the
Airport Extreme cards that Apple ships in their hardware.

I heard someone (Ville Skyttä ??) mention that at some point, support
for kernel modules in Extras will appear - if it doesn't get into
upstream kernel, it then would (imho) be beneficial to the MacLinux
community. I think my Dad's Dell also uses a built-in broadcom chip (not
positive) - x86 users might like it too, it is a fairly common chip.

madwifi has been an awesome addition to rpm.livna.org for me, I'm very
grateful to have it - I bet ppc users would similarly appreciate an
Airport Extreme driver in Extras or Livna if it is not ready for main
kernel (assuming it works well enough that it isn't frustrating to use)

Of course if it is too alpha to work well, that's a different story ...