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Re: Which Kernel for Airport Support?



On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 15:56:01 -0800
Eric Gaumer <gaumerel@ecs.fullerton.edu> wrote:

> Ben Hill wrote:
> > On Fri, 2005-02-25 at 08:52 -0800, Eric Gaumer wrote:
> >
> >>Has anyone actually tried to contact Broadcom?
> >
> >
> > I think it's been posted before, but there is a petition at:
> >
> > http://www.petitiononline.com/BCM4301/
> >
> > with over 10,000 signatures (one of them now mine).
> >
> 
> Well see here is my point... this petition is like jumping up and down
> and shouting. It doesn't matter how loud we scream if no one is
> listening. I think a better approach is to contact an actual
> individual at Broadcom and argue the case politely.
> 
> The petition is a great place to point that individual once he is
> willing to listen however the listening part is what's going to take
> work. I think we need to target a few key individuals rather than
> shout at the company name.
> 
> Of course this is just my two cents...

Has anyone looked for contact information in the tarballs Broadcom
released for their wired models, perhaps? That code was released gpl and
works great for their 4401 series of chipsets. It might make a good
contact point, if there were any contact info in there. 

See http://www.broadcom.com/drivers/support.php for more information.

HTH,
Jacob



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