On Wed, 2009-07-29 at 01:09 +0100, Ned Slider wrote: > Milos Blazevic wrote: > >> Message: 27 > >> Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:31:53 +0100 > >> From: Ned Slider <ned at unixmail.co.uk> > >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Problems with Broadcom 4312 wireless > >> To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > >> Message-ID: <4A6E38E9.1010709 at unixmail.co.uk> > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > >> > >> Milos Blazevic wrote: > >>>> Hello David, > >>>> > >>>> In brief, I've solved this problem on my Dell Inspiron 1525 (with > >>>> Broadcom 4312 wireless card), so I figured letting You know would be > >>>> nice, 'cause it didn't seem like the issue is resolved. > >>>> > >>>> Visit this link: > >>>> http://jomcode.com/fadhil/?p=59 > >>>> > >>>> and in addition check out the comment on the same page by Andre Kiepe to > >>>> have the modules load on boot. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Best Regards, > >>>> Milos. > >>>> > >> I'm not overly familiar with broadcom wireless (always tried to avoid > >> it), but we can probably package wl.ko as a kABI-tracking kmod for el5 > >> over at ELRepo.org if you're interested? This would remove the need to > >> recompile the driver from source for every kernel update, not to mention > >> provide a user friendly RPM package for yum. > >> > >> Also, does this driver require firmware, and if so where does one obtain > >> that? > >> > >> > > > > Sure I'm insterested in compiling the driver to RPM and making it > > available to others. > > I was suggesting that I could package it and make it available to the > community through elrepo.org (a third party repo that specialises in > backporting drivers for improved hardware support in RHEL/CentOS 5). > > > I've tested the driver today (by connecting to the available access > > point) briefly and it didn't display any problems in functioning. > > Now, according to the news clipping from computerworld.com, by > > installing this, one would still use the proprietary Broadcom firmware, > > which, I suppose, comes along with the driver released by Broadcom at: > > > > http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php > > > > I don't see the firmware or know where to get it from, hence why I > asked. Once I know where to get the required firmware for this driver, > we can package that too and make it a dependency of the driver package. > > > Also, according to the Broadcom's README, all other "firmware kernel > > modules" have to be removed (or blacklisted) from kernel before > > installing this. > > > > The blacklisting is probably best done from within the driver package > and simple enough to do. > > The main issue I have with this atm is that I've just read the Broadcom > license for the binary blob of this driver and I don't much like the > sound of 2.3(b) below: > > 2.3. Restriction on Distribution. Licensee shall only distribute the > Software (a) under the terms of this Agreement and a copy of this > Agreement accompanies such distribution, and (b) agrees to defend and > indemnify Broadcom and its licensors from and against any damages, > costs, liabilities, settlement amounts and/or expenses (including > attorneys' fees) incurred in connection with any claim, lawsuit or > action by any third party that arises or results from the use or > distribution of any and all Software by the Licensee except as > contemplated herein. > > > Anyone care to comment on that? > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos I should have cleaned this old question up. I solved it by using the Broadcom hybrid driver and building the module as Milos recommended. I did not however add the tkip module: modprobe ieee80211_crypt_tkip. I get excellent WAP, but no WPA or WPA2. Maybe I should finish the install and test again. :( Dave M