diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'network/broadcom-wl/README')
| -rw-r--r-- | network/broadcom-wl/README | 40 |
1 files changed, 40 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/network/broadcom-wl/README b/network/broadcom-wl/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..4cb4973932 --- /dev/null +++ b/network/broadcom-wl/README @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +This package was formerly hosted on slackbuilds.org as the +'broadcom-sta' package and was based upon a Debian patchset. I've re- +based this package on the Arch Linux package and patchset, and as +result, renamed it to 'broadcom-wl' to match. + +The broadcom-wl package includes the kernel module 'wl', which contains +a Broadcom-provided proprietary kernel driver known to support the +listed chipsets. + +BCM4311 (PCI ID 14e4:4311, 14e4:4312, 14e4:4313) +BCM4312 (PCI ID 14e4:4315) +BCM4313 (PCI ID 14e4:4727) +BCM4321 (PCI ID 14e4:4328, 14e4:4329, 14e4:432a) +BCM4322 (PCI ID 14e4:432b, 14e4:432c, 14e4:432d) +BCM43142 (PCI ID 14e4:4365) +BCM43224 (PCI ID 14e4:4353) +BCM43225 (PCI ID 14e4:4357) +BCM43227 (PCI ID 14e4:4358) +BCM43228 (PCI ID 14e4:4359) +BCM4331 (PCI ID 14e4:4331) +BCM4360 (PCI ID 14e4:43a0) +BCM4352 (PCI ID 14e4:43b1) + +Some of these devices are also supported by the free b43 and brcm80211 +drivers. In order to avoid conflicts /etc/modprobe.d/b43_blacklist.conf +disables these drivers. + +Read the included LICENSE.txt file (placed in /usr/doc) before using the +proprietary driver. + +To build the module for a kernel that isn't currently running on the +system, pass that kernel's "uname -r" output such as: + + KERNEL=4.4.67 ./broadcom-wl.SlackBuild + +If you would like to name your interface eth1 instead of wlan0, either +rename the device in /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules or build +the package with: + + IFNAME=eth ./broadcom-wl.SlackBuild |