Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 23:43:58 -0500 From: grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Cc: swhetzel@gmail.com Subject: bwi vs. bwn Message-ID: <AANLkTi=nz4pC1GbGdG=HY51CkR45=Ox%2BMQmtW%2BNHEDo7@mail.gmail.com>
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I have a BCM94312MCG, which driver should I choose and why? The man pages are nearly identical. It appears that bwn is newer/maintained? And more modular with siba? Can the newer upstream firmware at openwrt be used with bwn-firmware-kmod? http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.3.tar.bz2 Where did the firmware blobs in the above file come from, here? http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43/ As a result of being written to this spec project? http://bcm-specs.sipsolutions.net/ http://bcm-v4.sipsolutions.net/ With what I gather so far, I don't think they do? Or from Broadcom, in a windows blob, which fwcutter is used with? That's the part I'm not sure of. Where do I find the parent blob drivers? broadcom.com doesn't seem to have any 802.11 wireless files, as if it's all OEM. And how might this come into play? http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php Trying to put the pieces together. Thanks.
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