[arch-general] Wlan Linux Broadcom binary drivers from [arch-dev-public]

[pyther]

On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 18:41:54 +0200, Tobias Powalowski <t.powa at gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi
> http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
> just found this on the net, would you guys like to see this drivers in
> core?
> 
> If a native english speaker could look at the license of the binary blob
on
> 
> redistribution, we could integrate those drivers.
> 
> I don't have such hardware, so someone else would need to test
> functionality.
> your opinions on it?
> 
> greetings
> tpowa
>
I would love to see these in core. From what I have read of the license, we
are allowed to distribute them; however I know nothing about licenses!

I have compiled these on my laptop and I get about 2.5MB down with these vs
a flex of 900KB - 2.2MB with the b43 module.

The ssb module conflicts with this driver, but you need it for b44 (which
is the broadcom ethernet driver)! So when using this module you must decide
if you want wireless or ethernet (if you use the b44 module, like I do)!

I have attached a pkgbuild I started to work on. It is very poorly written,
however it is a start, haha!
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