Re: fc5 & bcm43xx

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--- Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 09:59:57AM +0200, Magnus
> Mor�n wrote:
>  > Josh Coffman wrote:
>  > > I'm being lazy cause I'm tired so I'm posting
> this
>  > > without googling first. sry. Anyone know a way
> to get
>  > > the bcm43xx driver (source or binary) for FC5
> other
>  > > than grapping snapshots and compiling?
>  > > 
>  > > thanks
>  > 
>  > It is already included in FC5...
>  > 
>  > Try this:
>  >   grep -1 bcm43xx
> /usr/share/doc/fedora-release-5/RELEASE-NOTES-en.txt
>  > 
>  > 
>  > When I tried it (ie modprobe bcm43xx) on my Dell
> Latitude X300 it froze
>  > my machine totally.
> 
> that's why we crippled it so that it doesn't
> auto-load.
> There's something funky about the Dell's that the
> driver tickles
> in some way. The same behaviour hasn't been seen on
> any other
> systems afaik.
> 
> 		Dave
> 
> -- 
> http://www.codemonkey.org.uk
> 
 
So I should be able to modprobe it on my pavilion
zv5440? I also read that there is some patching you
have to do to get it to work with NetworkManager.

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