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From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
To: Simon Dick <simond@irrelevant.org>
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Subject: Re: Mini PCI WiFi card problem
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On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, Simon Dick wrote:

> Anyone got any idea if the following Mini PCI card will ever be
> supported in -current:
>
> none0@pci0:10:0:        class=0x028000 card=0x68041462 chip=0x430114e4
> rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
>     vendor   = 'Broadcom Corporation'
>     device   = 'BCM4301 802.11b IEEE 802.11b WLAN client chipset'
>     class    = network
>
> >From what I've seen there's no linux drivers for this either, anyone
> know if broadcom have any chance of releasing the necessary information?

Funny coincidence here, apparently Linksys has a Linux driver for these in
their base stations, but aren't releasing the source and therefore in
violation of the GPL.  Not suprisingly the slashdot mob is yelling at
them to release the source.

But no, there is no driver in FreeBSD as of yet.

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