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Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:37:36 +0100
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Subject: Status of Broadcom 4353?
From: "Chen, Xianwen" <xianwen.chen@gmail.com>
To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
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Hi there,

Thanks for keeping up good work on wireless support in Linux all these
years. I can still recall the joy when Realtek 8187 became part of
kernel supported driver a few years ago -- it actually was the main
reason I switched from NetBSD to Linux.

I now have a laptop from my employer, on which I sneaked Linux in. The
issue is that the wireless adapter seems not to be recognized:

lspci -vnn | grep 14e4
>> 02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:4353] (rev 01)

Though the new Broadcom driver seems to be more appropriate, I
actually compiled both the old and the new drivers. Further reading on
  http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/brcm8021
and
  http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
suggests that 4353 is not currently supported! :-(

What is the current status of Broadcom 4353? I'm curious and actually
eager to know. Any information will be appreciated!

Have a good day fellas!

Xianwen