Return-path: Received: from mail-qw0-f53.google.com ([209.85.216.53]:64910 "EHLO mail-qw0-f53.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751699Ab1LVG5N convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Dec 2011 01:57:13 -0500 Received: by qadb15 with SMTP id b15so5187591qad.19 for ; Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:57:12 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <4EF21983.1020107@broadcom.com> Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:57:10 +0800 Message-ID: (sfid-20111222_075716_894309_45630DF6) Subject: Re: bcm4331 firmware installer package From: lina To: =?ISO-8859-2?Q?Rafa=B3_Mi=B3ecki?= Cc: Arend van Spriel , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , Debian Lists , =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Camale=F3n?= , "b43-dev@lists.infradead.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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 wrote: > 2011/12/21 Arend van Spriel : >> 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