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2 BCM43xx Linux Driver Project
3 ============================
4
5About this software
6-------------------
7
8The goal of this project is to develop a linux driver for Broadcom
9BCM43xx chips, based on the specification at
10http://bcm-specs.sipsolutions.net/
11
12The project page is http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/
13
14
15Requirements
16------------
17
181) Linux Kernel 2.6.16 or later
19 http://www.kernel.org/
20
21 You may want to configure your kernel with:
22
23 CONFIG_DEBUG_FS (optional):
24 -> Kernel hacking
25 -> Debug Filesystem
26
272) SoftMAC IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack extension and patched ieee80211
28 modules:
29 http://softmac.sipsolutions.net/
30
313) Firmware Files
32
33 Please try fwcutter. Fwcutter can extract the firmware from various
34 binary driver files. It supports driver files from Windows, MacOS and
35 Linux. You can get fwcutter from http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/.
36 Also, fwcutter comes with a README file for further instructions.