Re: bcm4331 firmware installer package
I am still a bit confused. (First thanks for the links all of you
provided, but I have visited those web before).
Here is the thing:
BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n fit for
BCM4331 b/g HT (r1)
What does the 802.11a for?
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 2:52 AM, Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2011/12/21 Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>:
>> On 12/21/2011 11:59 AM, lina wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I don't know which one (else) can be fit for bcm4331 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 02)
>>>
>>> From http://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx#b43_and_b43legacy
>>>
>>> I tried:
>>>
>>> 1] aptitude install firmware-b43-lpphy-installer
>>>
>>> No chroot environment found. Starting normal installation
>>> No supported card found.
>>> Use proper b43 or b43legacy firmware.
>>> Aborting.
>>>
>>> 2] # aptitude install firmware-b43-installer
>>>
>>> No chroot environment found. Starting normal installation
>>> Unsupported device(s) found: PCI id 14e4:4331
>>> Aborting.
>>>
>>> both of the listed are not working,
>>>
>>
>> The bcm4331 support in b43 is pretty new so I do not expect distros are
>> providing packages for it. Your best bet is to get linux-firmware repo
>> from git.kernel.org. Probably the b43 developers can point you to the
>> specific firmware file you need to use for that phy.
>
> Arend: I'm not sure how to say it nice... but there is only one
> company starting with "B" having copyrights to the BCM4331 firmware.
> Only this company can legally submit BCM4331 firmware to
> linux-firmware repo.
>
> --
> Rafał
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