Bruno Wolff III wrote:
On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 15:10:24 +0000, Suresh Govindachar sgovindachar@yahoo.com wrote:
But why such an indirect approach when Broadcom supports Linux on: http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php (such support has existed since October 2008.)
Because they don't let people redistribute their firmware.
They do; that's why they have the linux_sta.php page linked above.
Also note that some Broadcom wireless devices are supported out of the box on Fedora using free firmware developed by a third party.
The ones on rpmfusion.org use the firmware from the above broadcom.com page.
--Suresh