Return-path: Received: from mail-wi0-f170.google.com ([209.85.212.170]:35848 "EHLO mail-wi0-f170.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757024Ab3DSLGx convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Apr 2013 07:06:53 -0400 Received: by mail-wi0-f170.google.com with SMTP id l13so750806wie.1 for ; Fri, 19 Apr 2013 04:06:52 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: Julian Calaby Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:06:32 +1000 Message-ID: (sfid-20130419_130657_564651_A73B1492) Subject: Re: very bad work of wl (bcm 43228) To: Vasiliy Tolstov Cc: linux-wireless , brcm80211-dev-list@broadcom.com, Arend van Spriel , =?ISO-8859-2?Q?Rafa=B3_Mi=B3ecki?= , Larry Finger Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi Vasiliy, On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:44 PM, Vasiliy Tolstov wrote: > 2013/4/19 Julian Calaby : >> I'm not completely sure, but I believe your card is supported in the >> latest kernel, however I'm not sure exactly how to install it for your >> version of Ubuntu. The alternative is to install the compat-wireless >> package - it'll be called something like >> linux-backports-modules-cw-3.6-3.6-3.2.0-40-generic. If you use either >> of these methods, your card should work without the >> broadcom-sta-source driver. > > > I'm already get answers on wireless list that my card not supported =( I was certain I'd heard about support going in, clearly my memory is wrong. Searching around, you asked this question before. Sorry to mislead you. There are two ways that support for your card will happen: 1. The b43 developers will finish reverse engineering it and release support for it. 2. Broadcom will release support through the brcmsmac driver. Option 1 will take some time, this is not easy work, you might be able to help with the development, but it's _very_ technical work. That said, if you can compile a kernel, you can help with the testing once all the code starts to get together. I believe that Rafał is working on this and have CC'd him. Option 2 may take some time as we're waiting for Broadcom. Arend is their main person here, I've also CC'd him. If you're desperate for a good wireless connection on that laptop right now, your best bet is to buy yourself a cheap USB card, I personally recommend ones with Atheros chipsets as they're very well supported and tend to work well. TP-Link make some cheap and good ones like the TL-WN821N and TL-WN822N. Thanks, -- Julian Calaby Email: julian.calaby@gmail.com Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/julian.calaby/ .Plan: http://sites.google.com/site/juliancalaby/