Add Wireless to Laptop

[Ian Malone]

On 13/07/07, Mike - EMAIL IGNORED <m_d_berger_1900 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:23:04 +0100, Ian Malone wrote:
>
> > Mike - EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
> >> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:10:48 +0100, Andy Green wrote:
> >>
> >
> >>> lspci
> >>>
> [...]
> >
> > Supposedly support is in the kernel:
> > http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/?go=devices
> >
> > However you seem to need some sort of firmware,
> > see <http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/bcm43xx>
> > I've also heard of people using ndiswrapper for Broadcom,
> > however I don't have one myself.

>
> Are you sure that I don't have a configuration problem?  Please
> see my latest post on the other sub-thread.  I note that the
> device does work when I boot WinXP.  Doesn't this suggest that
> the firmware is ok?  On the other hand, it says nothing about
> the Linux driver.
>

Not at all sure.  However 'firmware' is a misleading term; I
think it's really microcode that the driver needs to load onto
the controller (which the WinXP driver will do).

Just found:
http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/fedora-ppc/2006-March/000804.html
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