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Re: Firmware for Broadcom BCM4318 Wireless LAN Controller



Great! Thx


CU


Claudia Neumann


Am Donnerstag, 26. September 2024, 14:37:47 CEST schrieb John Paul Adrian Glaubitz:

> Hi Claudia,

>

> On Thu, 2024-09-26 at 14:00 +0200, Claudia Neumann wrote:

> > I succeeded in installing Debian trixie/sid on an iMac G5 with Radeon

> > X550/X600 graphic card. I am using Xfce and Links2 as webbrowser.

> >

> > Now I need wireless LAN. It has an Broadcom BCM4318 (AirForce One 54g)

> > 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller.

> >

> > I downloaded firmware-b43-installer but cannot install it, because it

> > wants b43-fwcutter. This package is only available für ppc64el not for

> > ppc64.

> >

> > At this point I am stuck. What should I do?

>

> It's because the package b43-fwcutter is part of the "contrib" section which

> is not available in Debian Ports, however I can build it.

>

> I will build the package manually and upload it to "unreleased" for both

> powerpc and ppc64. It will be available by tonight.

>

> You will need to add "unreleased" to your sources.list to use it:

>

>     deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ unreleased main

>

> Adrian

>

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