Re: Is Broadcom BCM4401-B0 supported?
July 29, 2021 5:15 AM, "João Pedro Malhado" <phlogiston@sapo.pt> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 07:36:41PM +0000, jbranso@dismail.de wrote:
>
>> How easy is the installer? I'd really like to try to install it on a Thinkpad
>> or some such device that might work. Do you have a lot of filesystem corruption?
>> Is it cool to be running the Hurd?
>
> Off course it is cool to run the Hurd! ;) You should try it out, especially if
> you are bored. The installer feels the same as the one for linux, so it is
> rather straightforward. While I had issues with some installer images, the last
> one from February worked pretty well (I only had some issues when choosing several
> locales).
I suppose that I should try to run it. I'll hunt ebay for an old laptop at some
point.
> I have not run the system for long enough to see any file system corruption. The
> file system is ext2, so you will get the typical fsck run after a hard shutdown
> (I have seen X hang after some time of inactivity, and was unable to go back
> to the console).
That's a bummer, but I suppose it is to be expected.
>> How old is the card? I think Broadcam is not the best wifi device, but I'm not positive...
>
> This is an ethernet card, not a wireless card (GNU/Hurd does not have a wireless
> stack yet). On linux it works with the b44 driver, but I don't know if that is
> included in netdde.
Gotcha.
> Regards,
> João
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