Breezy + Broadcom != wifi

Matt Zimmerman mdz at ubuntu.com
Sun Jun 12 13:47:12 CDT 2005


On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 01:45:09PM -0500, Carl Karsten wrote:

> Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> >There is presently no Linux driver available for this device, due to the
> >manufacturer's unwillingness to cooperate with the open source community by
> >releasing the necessary specifications.
> >
> >Some users have had success using ndiswrapper with some Broadcom devices.
> >
> 
> Does that mean it can't be supported in Breezy main?   If not, I won't 
> bother documenting what it takes to get it to work.

It means that it cannot be supported "out of the box" in Ubuntu, but that
certainly doesn't mean that you shouldn't document your experience for the
benefit of others.

-- 
 - mdz



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