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| author | Michael Buesch <mbuesch@freenet.de> | 2006-01-27 17:37:05 +0100 |
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| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2006-03-27 11:18:25 -0500 |
| commit | 08ccd883f536d81d380522106c67bd5d7043fa4a (patch) | |
| tree | 313adb84df814fa93af77368706eeb46f34a7627 /Documentation/networking | |
| parent | 4a2a2792d0cb3f2797ff179beef7b8c2981979c2 (diff) | |
| download | linux-08ccd883f536d81d380522106c67bd5d7043fa4a.tar.bz2 | |
[PATCH] bcm43xx: Move README file to Documentation directory.
Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mbuesch@freenet.de>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/bcm43xx.txt | 36 |
1 files changed, 36 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bcm43xx.txt b/Documentation/networking/bcm43xx.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..64d9022de7fe --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/bcm43xx.txt @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ + + BCM43xx Linux Driver Project + ============================ + +About this software +------------------- + +The goal of this project is to develop a linux driver for Broadcom +BCM43xx chips, based on the specification at +http://bcm-specs.sipsolutions.net/ + +The project page is http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ + + +Requirements +------------ + +1) Linux Kernel 2.6.15 or later + http://www.kernel.org/ + + You may want to configure your kernel with: + + CONFIG_DEBUG_FS (optional): + -> Kernel hacking + -> Debug Filesystem + +2) SoftMAC IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack extension and patched ieee80211 + modules: + http://softmac.sipsolutions.net/ + +3) Firmware Files + + Please try fwcutter. Fwcutter can extract the firmware from various + binary driver files. It supports driver files from Windows, MacOS and + Linux. You can get fwcutter from http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/. + Also, fwcutter comes with a README file for further instructions. |