| John W. Linville | f222313 | 2006-01-23 16:59:58 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | |
| 2 | BCM43xx Linux Driver Project |
| 3 | ============================ |
| 4 | |
| 5 | About this software |
| 6 | ------------------- |
| 7 | |
| 8 | The goal of this project is to develop a linux driver for Broadcom |
| 9 | BCM43xx chips, based on the specification at |
| 10 | http://bcm-specs.sipsolutions.net/ |
| 11 | |
| 12 | The project page is http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ |
| 13 | |
| 14 | |
| 15 | Requirements |
| 16 | ------------ |
| 17 | |
| Michael Buesch | d5dd8e2 | 2006-02-12 17:15:06 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 18 | 1) Linux Kernel 2.6.16 or later |
| John W. Linville | f222313 | 2006-01-23 16:59:58 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 19 | http://www.kernel.org/ |
| 20 | |
| 21 | You may want to configure your kernel with: |
| 22 | |
| 23 | CONFIG_DEBUG_FS (optional): |
| 24 | -> Kernel hacking |
| 25 | -> Debug Filesystem |
| 26 | |
| 27 | 2) SoftMAC IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack extension and patched ieee80211 |
| 28 | modules: |
| 29 | http://softmac.sipsolutions.net/ |
| 30 | |
| 31 | 3) Firmware Files |
| 32 | |
| 33 | Please try fwcutter. Fwcutter can extract the firmware from various |
| 34 | binary driver files. It supports driver files from Windows, MacOS and |
| 35 | Linux. You can get fwcutter from http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/. |
| 36 | Also, fwcutter comes with a README file for further instructions. |