BCM43xx support?

[Ben Collins]

On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 15:48 -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 severely out of date.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.

I've been using the current version in dapper without problems for over
a month now.

Also, ndiswrapper doesn't work on non-x86. Since I have a PowerBook, I
have to have bcm43xx to make use of this device.

As for firmware, Mark and I are working on getting permission to include
firmware.

Long term plans, next time SVN head works for me, I'll update the kernel
version. The current kernel is not "severely out of date". It's at most
2 weeks old.

-- 
Ben Collins
Kernel Developer - Ubuntu Linux