Return-path: Received: from mail-ob0-f180.google.com ([209.85.214.180]:46293 "EHLO mail-ob0-f180.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760355Ab3DHPkW (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Apr 2013 11:40:22 -0400 Received: by mail-ob0-f180.google.com with SMTP id un3so1662414obb.39 for ; Mon, 08 Apr 2013 08:40:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5162E4E3.3040702@lwfinger.net> (sfid-20130408_174031_730429_4BEABE1C) Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:40:19 -0500 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Vasiliy Tolstov CC: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: bcm43228 support References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 04/08/2013 08:10 AM, Vasiliy Tolstov wrote: > Hello. I'm newbie in this list =). > I'm search from google and mailing list but can't fully understand: > does bcma from wireless git tree support bcm43228? > I don't like broadcom sta because it closed source (big blob) and > require some steps to get works (manual download compile and so), that > is not possible from live cd. > Does it possible to get working wifi with opensource driver and > connect to wpa-psk? 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. Larry