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diff --git a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/README b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/README index bb86b1b3e58e..8ad558675bd3 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/README +++ b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/README @@ -1 +1,64 @@ -refer to: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/brcm80211 +Broadcom brcmsmac (mac80211-based softmac PCIe) and brcmfmac (SDIO) drivers. + +Completely open source host drivers, no binary object files. + +Support for the following chips: +=============================== + + brcmsmac (PCIe) + Name Device ID + BCM4313 0x4727 + BCM43224 0x4353 + BCM43225 0x4357 + + brcmfmac (SDIO) + Name + BCM4329 + +Both brcmsmac and brcmfmac drivers require firmware files that need to be +separately downloaded. + +Firmware +====================== +Firmware is available from the Linux firmware repository at: + + git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git + http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git + https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git + + +=============================================================== +Broadcom brcmsmac driver +=============================================================== +- Support for both 32 and 64 bit Linux kernels + + +Firmware installation +====================== +Copy brcm/bcm43xx-0.fw and brcm/bcm43xx_hdr-0.fw to +/lib/firmware/brcm (or wherever firmware is normally installed +on your system). + + +=============================================================== +Broadcom brcmfmac driver +=============================================================== +- Support for 32 bit Linux kernel, 64 bit untested + + +Firmware installation +====================== +Copy brcm/bcm4329-fullmac-4.bin and brcm/bcm4329-fullmac-4.txt +to /lib/firmware/brcm (or wherever firmware is normally installed on your +system). + + +Contact Info: +============= +Brett Rudley brudley@broadcom.com +Henry Ptasinski henryp@broadcom.com +Dowan Kim dowan@broadcom.com +Roland Vossen rvossen@broadcom.com +Arend van Spriel arend@broadcom.com + +For more info, refer to: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/brcm80211 |