Sean Hodges wrote:
> Holger,
>
> Thanks for your response, it clears a lot of things up.
> wireless.kernel.org is the resource I was looking for.
>
> Sean
>
> On Mon, 2008-09-01 at 14:52 +0200, Holger Schurig wrote:
>   
>>> http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/?go=devices
>>>
>>> In fact, I would suggest that this is the most common starting
>>> point for anyone who does not know much about wireless drivers
>>> and would prefer to avoid asking FAQ's on discussion forums.
>>>       
>> I tend to disagree.
>>
>> First thing: bcm43xx is outdated. The in-kernel b43 driver is 
>> state-if-the-art.
>>
>> Second thing: when a driver is in-kernel, I'd suggest that the 
>> driver-webpage contents get's transferred to the central place 
>> for all in-kernel-drivers, and that would be 
>> http://wireless.kernel.org.
>>
>>
>>
>> The main page of bcm43xx (http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/?go=home) 
>> even states both things: "This site won't be updated anymore. 
>> Please check the b43 driver page at linuxwireless.org for 
>> up-to-date information.".
>>
>> ("linuxwireless.org" is an alias to "wireless.kernel.org", the 
>> now canonical web address).
>>
>>     
>>> This page does not list BCM4328 anywhere 
>>>       
>> That's because the web page you referred to doesn't get updated 
>> anymore. 4328 is mentioned on 
>> http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43, thought.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> As to the "make more accessible to less technical oriented 
>> people" I don't have a good answer. Maybe this is the job of 
>> SuSE, RedHat, Debian, Ubuntu, ...  Not sure about that.
>>     
>
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Broadcom's reference driver for PCI ID 4328 , 4321 can be downloaded at 
http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php . I haven't tried 
it yet, your on your own with this driver..

-Tex

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