BCM43xx support?

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 03:48:13PM -0800, scott_ubuntu at scott.tranzoa.net wrote:
> What are the plans for BCM43xx support in dapper?
> 
> A driver is provided in the mainline dapper kernel. However, it's
> severely out of date. As demonstrated on Ubuntu Forums[1] and the
> Wiki[2], ugly workarounds are required even for the occasional success.
> 
> The driver itself has continued development[3], and has made rapid
> progress. Personally, I have been having great success keep parity with
> the official[3] SVN head[4]. I don't think that solution would fit for a
> release plan, though...
> 
> Might I recommend removing the bcm43xx driver from the dapper kernel?
> In short, the driver is still very immature and the mature ndiswrapper
> support for the device continues to exist. Both solutions require
> non-free firmware/drivers to use.

Unless I'm mistaken, providing the kernel module doesn't prevent ndiswrapper
from being used instead.  We should track this driver's development and
include it to support the free driver effort.

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 - mdz