Re: non-free firmware not found despite unofficial CD
On Sun, 8 Oct 2017, Emanuel Berg wrote:
> says the network needs nonfree firmware, namely
>
> b43/ucode13.fw
> b43-open/ucode13.fw
>
> Despite searching explicitly on the CD the
> assessment stands.
>
> After that, the network
> auto-config/DHCP/connect fail.
>
> What's going on? Is that firmware not included
> even in the firmware edition of Debian?
>
> TIA
>
> --
Yes, that isn't included. The firmware must be extracted from the
proprietary (windows?) driver from Broadcom. It's possibly a legal hurdle
set up by the manufacturer?
There is a good wiki page on these devices here.
https://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx
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