Pascal de Bruijn wrote: > Hi, > > I just acquired a new laptop, it came with a BCM4312, which > seems to be fine with Broadcom's own 'wl' driver. But I'm not > too happy with loading a blob, and missing out on monitor > mode. The card does not seems easily replaceable, since > the BIOS actually checks which WiFi card is installed during > boot. And it won't boot with a non HP branded Intel card. > > I was hoping BCM4312 would be supported by b43 > somewhere in the future. And I was wondering whether > there's anything I can do to help?
That card can be replaced with a BCM43XX version supported by b43, but the process is not for the faint hearted as it involves removing the old card, booting the machine into GRUB, then hot-plugging the new card and rewriting the SPROM. I have done this on my HP dv2815 for two cards - a BCM4312 802.11a/b/g with PCI ID of 4312 (yours has 4315), and a BCM4311/2. Your version of the BCM4312 will be supported in the future. In fact, the reverse engineering for the LP PHY is completed and posted at http://bcm-v4.sipsolutions.net. The remaining step is to convert those "specifications" into kernel-quality code. Unfortunately, the only person working on that task is Michael Buesch, and he has other things to do. If you have the necessary skills, I'm certain that Michael has some things you could do. Larry _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
