On 16/10/2007, Jason King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 10/16/07, S h i v <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 10/16/07, Shawn Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On 16/10/2007, Mike DeMarco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > I am looking at purchasing a laptop with
> > > > Broadcom 5787 Network chip set and
> > > > Realtek ALC 268 Audio.
> > > >
> > > > Is there drivers available for them?
> > >
> > > Avoid Broadcom like the plague it is.
> > >
> >
> > My earlier laptop had a broadcom n/w chipset and it worked well using
> > ndis wrapper.
> > I do not see BCM5787 in the HCL (http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/search.jsp)
> >
> > -Shiv
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> Which means 32-bit kernels only :(

Exactly; and the last version of ndiswrapper I tried caused kernel
panics. I'd rather just use a fully supported option like Atheros.

-- 
Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst
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"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not
tried it. " --Donald Knuth
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