Return-path: Received: from mail-qa0-f43.google.com ([209.85.216.43]:34603 "EHLO mail-qa0-f43.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S935047Ab3DHSrF (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Apr 2013 14:47:05 -0400 Received: by mail-qa0-f43.google.com with SMTP id i13so990418qae.9 for ; Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:47:04 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5162E4E3.3040702@lwfinger.net> References: <5162E4E3.3040702@lwfinger.net> From: Vasiliy Tolstov Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 22:46:48 +0400 Message-ID: (sfid-20130408_204712_480975_634481F8) Subject: Re: bcm43228 support To: Larry Finger Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 2013/4/8 Larry Finger : > According to > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#Supported_devices, the only > driver that supports the BCM43228 is the closed-source wl. If your device > has PCI ID 14e4:4359, then neither brcmsmac nor b43 support it. > > The number of devices supported by b43 is limited by the time that we have > to reverse engineer devices, and a need for an open-source driver. Your > device is not widely distributed. The Broadcom people will need to say why > they choose not to implement this device. > > If you need a wireless adapter for use with a Live CD, I suggest one of the > popular USB devices. I'm already read this link, but may be info is outdated and opensource drivers for 43228 is available. Now broadcom-sta wl river works very bad on my acer aspire v5. -- Vasiliy Tolstov, e-mail: v.tolstov@selfip.ru jabber: vase@selfip.ru