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2 | BCM43xx Linux Driver Project | |
3 | ============================ | |
4 | ||
5 | About this software | |
6 | ------------------- | |
7 | ||
8 | The goal of this project is to develop a linux driver for Broadcom | |
9 | BCM43xx chips, based on the specification at | |
10 | http://bcm-specs.sipsolutions.net/ | |
11 | ||
12 | The project page is http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
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14 | ||
15 | Requirements | |
16 | ------------ | |
17 | ||
d5dd8e28 | 18 | 1) Linux Kernel 2.6.16 or later |
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19 | http://www.kernel.org/ |
20 | ||
21 | You may want to configure your kernel with: | |
22 | ||
23 | CONFIG_DEBUG_FS (optional): | |
24 | -> Kernel hacking | |
25 | -> Debug Filesystem | |
26 | ||
27 | 2) SoftMAC IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack extension and patched ieee80211 | |
28 | modules: | |
29 | http://softmac.sipsolutions.net/ | |
30 | ||
31 | 3) Firmware Files | |
32 | ||
33 | Please try fwcutter. Fwcutter can extract the firmware from various | |
34 | binary driver files. It supports driver files from Windows, MacOS and | |
35 | Linux. You can get fwcutter from http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/. | |
36 | Also, fwcutter comes with a README file for further instructions. |