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[73.202.177.47]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id s23sm15025122pfi.12.2016.02.06.14.40.07 (version=TLS1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 06 Feb 2016 14:40:07 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.2 \(3112\)) Subject: Re: Macbook donation (wireless needs fixing) From: Larry Maloney In-Reply-To: Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2016 14:40:08 -0800 Cc: Alfred Perlstein , FreeBSD Hackers Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <0B20C45E-A5AF-4FAB-81F8-4BE49BF4C61D@hackerdojo.com> References: <56B64086.4090806@freebsd.org> To: Mark Tinguely X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3112) X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2016 22:40:11 -0000 I know I installed FreeBSD on a MacBook, circa 2010-2011. (KiputerOS) I could swear I had the Wifi working with NDIS. (Might have been = Broadcom, but not sure) That would have been 8.x something. /Larry > On Feb 6, 2016, at 2:37 PM, Mark Tinguely = wrote: >=20 > Hey Alfred, it is a nice offer. >=20 > Let's not set some kind person up for failure. What should a potential > volunteer (1-2-3, not me!) want to know about the chip on the mac = laptops? > A simple web search shows the existing Broadcom BCM43XX driverS don't = work > with Mac laptops. What do we know? >=20 > Mark > On Feb 6, 2016 12:51 PM, "Alfred Perlstein" = wrote: >=20 >> Hey folks, >>=20 >> So now I have a few macbook laptops, they would be really great to = run >> FreeBSD except that the wifi isn't supported. >>=20 >> The macbooks have a broadcom BCM43xx chip inside of it for wifi. >>=20 >> Is anyone interested in a *free* (to keep) laptop(s) in exchange for >> finishing this driver? >>=20 >> Getting FreeBSD running on older mac hardware would open up a pretty = large >> niche of laptops that are starting to get on the second use market. >>=20 >> Please let me know, I can drop the laptop off anywhere in the SF bay = area, >> or possibly toss it into a USPS/UPS box and send it to you. >>=20 >> My only ask is that after 3 months, if the driver isn't somewhat = working >> you return it so that it can be donated to a charity supporting the >> homeless. >>=20 >> thanks! >> -Alfred >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"