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| author | Andreas Voegele <andreas@andreasvoegele.com> | 2018-05-23 00:38:22 +0100 |
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| committer | Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org> | 2018-05-26 06:59:24 +0700 |
| commit | a524c290c2f657b241780d70b7026fbe4096fa61 (patch) | |
| tree | 7739c443ca4bea503719eb1c7753b8814195ca7a /network/broadcom-sta/README | |
| parent | 875ec0311b6615e3a7014c50a1a55f885d47d47a (diff) | |
network/broadcom-sta: Updated for Linux kernel 4.16.
Older kernel versions are still supported.
Signed-off-by: David Spencer <idlemoor@slackbuilds.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'network/broadcom-sta/README')
| -rw-r--r-- | network/broadcom-sta/README | 25 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/network/broadcom-sta/README b/network/broadcom-sta/README index 1658fab2a465b..c14eef70a7483 100644 --- a/network/broadcom-sta/README +++ b/network/broadcom-sta/README @@ -1,20 +1,20 @@ The broadcom-sta package includes the kernel module 'wl', which contains -the Broadcom-provided proprietary kernel driver that supports a number of -their cards. Known supported model numbers include the listed chipsets. +a Broadcom-provided proprietary kernel driver known to support the +listed chipsets. -BCM4311 (PCI IDs 14e4:4311, 14e4:4312, 14e4:4313) -BCM4312 (PCI ID 14e4:4315) -BCM4313 (PCI ID 14e4:4727) -BCM4321 (PCI IDs 14e4:4328, 14e4:4329, 14e4:432a) -BCM4322 (PCI IDs 14e4:432b, 14e4:432c, 14e4:432d) +BCM4311 (PCI ID 14e4:4311, 14e4:4312, 14e4:4313) +BCM4312 (PCI ID 14e4:4315) +BCM4313 (PCI ID 14e4:4727) +BCM4321 (PCI ID 14e4:4328, 14e4:4329, 14e4:432a) +BCM4322 (PCI ID 14e4:432b, 14e4:432c, 14e4:432d) BCM43142 (PCI ID 14e4:4365) BCM43224 (PCI ID 14e4:4353) BCM43225 (PCI ID 14e4:4357) BCM43227 (PCI ID 14e4:4358) BCM43228 (PCI ID 14e4:4359) -BCM4331 (PCI ID 14e4:4331) -BCM4360 (PCI ID 14e4:43a0) -BCM4352 (PCI ID 14e4:43b1) +BCM4331 (PCI ID 14e4:4331) +BCM4360 (PCI ID 14e4:43a0) +BCM4352 (PCI ID 14e4:43b1) Some of these devices are also supported by the free b43 and brcm80211 drivers. In order to avoid conflicts /etc/modprobe.d/b43_blacklist.conf @@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ disables these drivers. Read the included LICENSE.txt file (placed in /usr/doc) before using the proprietary driver. +To build the module for a kernel that isn't currently running on the +system, pass that kernel's "uname -r" output such as: + + KERNEL=4.4.67 ./broadcom-sta.SlackBuild + If you would like to name your interface wlan0 instead of eth1, either rename the device in /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules or build the package with: |