Hi Cyril,

Thanks for replying

On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 7:38 AM, Cyril Lacoux <clac...@easter-eggs.com> wrote:
> I think you should not do that because this driver doesn't seem to be only for
> this chipset but an enhanced version of the broadcom-sta driver which support
> recent chipsets (see attached diff, in particular wl_id_table declaration).

Yes, I sure have noticed, because I wanted to update the readme file
of original broadcom-wl when repacking a tarball.
It's funny how even PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM was replaced with PCI_ANY_ID.

> I'll be pleased to upload the new version of the broadcom-sta driver when it's
> released (including i386 binary).

Unfortunately, I doubt that will happen anytime soon, if at all. After
failing to get any reply from broadcom linux-sta driver support, I
contacted brcm80211 developers to ask if the linux-sta driver page
could be updated with a tarball release of this driver, and an attempt
to answer my request was simply:
"This driver version was a Dell-specific release, which they can
redistribute. However, 5.100.82.112 on our internet page is our latest
generic release."

>
> Anyway this can't be done before Wheezy release.
>

Nods. I keep forgetting about the "freeze period".

Thanks a bunch.

> Cheers,
> --
> Cyril Lacoux

Cheers,
Jasmine


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