[Bug 583564] Re: Broadcom drivers unusable on Dell Mini 10v

[chicken159]

HI,

Haha - ok so maybe the bog was superfluous!

Re. b43 (though I don't want to divert onto that issue here) - the
combination of bcm4312, 2.6.32 and the Dell Mini 10v does not work at
all - something to do with low power architecture. I'm led to believe it
works with 2.6.33 and did start down the route of getting the new
kernel...until I broke something and gave up. The workaround suggested
to disable DMA also does not seem to work with this setup. So we're
stuck on STA.

As to STA - there really is a problem, and I've been rather chaotically
trawling forums and trying solutions for a couple of months. I'm afraid
I've reached the end of my technical knowledge here, and for
productivity purposes the time available means its easier for me to just
carry a second wireless dongle and forget about it.

But I do keep seeing other people with the same problem and no
solution....its like wandering around in the fog of broadcom related
frustrations bumping into other lost people! Just struck me as pretty
bad to have a non-functional netbook that I bought with Ubuntu pre-
installed....albeit a hobbled Dell version that I immediately replaced.
I'll see where I get following your suggestions...

Cheers

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Broadcom drivers unusable on Dell Mini 10v
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