Broadcom wireless "Airport Extreme" (was: PPC laptops)

[Keywan Najafi Tonekaboni]

Hi Paul,

Am Freitag, den 20.01.2006, 12:55 +0000 schrieb Paul Sladen:

> > wireless with AirportExtreme (but not with an official kernel).
> 
> Is this using the bcm4300 driver from:
> 
>   http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/
> 
> Did it work out of the box and which 802.11 stack did you use, Devicescape
> or Softmac?

yes, I use the bcm43xx driver and softmac. There are debian packages
avaible for ubuntu, a friend built them.

http://www.code-fu.de/kernel-image-2.6.15_custom.1.0.dbg2_powerpc.deb

and

http://www.code-fu.de/bcm-modules-2006-01-16.tgz

You still need to extract the firmware and put it in /lib/hotplug/firmware/. 

There are some essential changes in the kernel 2.6.15, so some stuff
with hotplug and udev ist broken. I mean, kernel 2.6.15 works normally
not with breezy. But I have just the problem, that nautilus/gnome/totem
didnt detect mounted usb-sticks and cd-rom/dvd, but you can use them
with opening the folder, e.g. /media/cdrom0 instead of "CD-Drive".

I think all other details should discussed on a other place. I will try to put
usefull information on the wikipage. Maybe some native English-speakers could fix
mistakes in grammar and spelling.

Good Luck,

Keywan

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