Broadcom Announces Open-Source 802.11n Driver!

[Apopas]

VIVA Broadcom

[aaaantoine]

Are we suure that Broadcom is including the firmware in their driver?

[droidhacker]

Broadcom has become somewhat friendlier in recent years. Take a look at their "crystalhd" products: the provide driver source for those also.

[pvtcupcakes]

Hopefully they expand this to support their 802.11g parts. Or at least contribute to the b43 driver.

It's been a while since I last tested b43 but I had some problems with it on my bcm4312.

[Yfrwlf]

Glad that wireless should virtually always be as plug-n-play as wired has been on Linux from now on no doubt. It already had great support, so that should hopefully finish the job for the most part. Glad Broadcom finally woke up.

[deanjo]

Wait wait wait, DNF is being released, aand Broadcom opens up? "It's the end of the world as we know it..."

See and you thought that 2012 doomsday prediction was all bs.

[whizse]

Wait wait wait, DNF is being released, aand Broadcom opens up? "It's the end of the world as we know it..."

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Broadcom Announces Open-Source 802.11n Driver!

Broadcom wireless network adapters have long been notorious with Linux users since this hardware vendor has not provided any open-source Linux drivers or specifications for their chipsets, even though Broadcom ASICs are dominantly used within today's wireless adapters. There's long been community projects like bcm43xx and b43 to create Linux drivers and use extracted Windows firmware and such to make the 802.11 adapters work, but for Broadcom's new 802.11n chipsets they have made a radical turn and are releasing a fully open-source Linux driver!..

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=ODU4Mg