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

[pyther]

On Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:48:49 -0400, pyther <pyther at pyther.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 18:41:54 +0200, Tobias Powalowski <t.powa at gmx.de>
wrote:
> 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!
> 

I just checked AUR and realized that piroflip as packaged this
(http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19514). His/her pkgbuild is much
better than mine!