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  • Committer: Package Import Robot
  • Author(s): John Rigby, John Rigby
  • Date: 2011-09-26 10:44:23 UTC
  • Revision ID: package-import@ubuntu.com-20110926104423-57i0gl3v99b3lkfg
Tags: 3.0.0-1007.9
https://launchpad.net/bugs/826021
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Broadcom fullmac driver
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This is production driver.
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What's here
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- Completely open source host driver, no binary object files
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- Features Broadcom's OneDriver architecture (single source base for
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  supported chips and architectures)
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- On-chip firmware loaded using standard request_firmware()
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- Support for BCM4329(SDIO)
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What's done
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==========
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- Integration with cfg80211 stack
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- Most of Mac functionality is performed in dongle
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- A-MPDU single stream rates
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- BCM4329:      Dualband, Single stream, 20MHz channels
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Firmware installation
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======================
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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
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        http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git
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        https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git
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For 4329 chip, copy brcm/bcm4329-fullmac-4.bin and brcm/bcm4329-fullmac-4.txt
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to /lib/firmware/brcm (or wherever firmware is normally installed on your
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system).
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Contact Info:
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Brett Rudley    brudley@broadcom.com
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Henry Ptasinski henryp@broadcom.com
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Nohee Ko        noheek@broadcom.com
 
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