Re: [CentOS-docs] Broadcom's BCM4311-, BCM4312-, BCM4321-, and BCM4322-based hardware install manual

2009-12-13 Thread Ned Slider 
On 12/13/2009 03:44 PM, Milos Blazevic wrote:
> Ned Slider wrote:
>> Agreed. I would think the logical location would be in the Wireless page:
>>
>> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless
>>
>> where there is already a small section near the bottom that could be
>> replaced, or if your contribution is too large to fit conveniently on
>> that page then do it as a separate page and link it from there.
>>
>> It might be a good idea to do it as a separate page in your own area
>> first as a draft (Ralph can probably help with that?), then once this
>> list has had a chance to review it, it can be moved to the correct
>> location? That way we don't have draft content sitting on a "finished"
>> page whilst being written, if that makes sense.
>>
> I agree it'd be a good idea to publish a draft first on my own area (I
> assume you're referring to my future CentOS Wiki homepage).
> Moreover in respect to the fact there are more people who dealt with
> this issue.
> It's just that I don't seem to have privileges to create one... am I
> doing something wrong, or should I ask Ralph to grant me permissions to
> do this?
>
> Ralph?
>
>

Yes, sure Ralph will sort that out for you as soon as he's around :)


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Re: [CentOS-docs] Broadcom's BCM4311-, BCM4312-, BCM4321-, and BCM4322-based hardware install manual

2009-12-13 Thread Milos Blazevic 
Ned Slider wrote:
> Agreed. I would think the logical location would be in the Wireless page:
>
> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless
>
> where there is already a small section near the bottom that could be 
> replaced, or if your contribution is too large to fit conveniently on 
> that page then do it as a separate page and link it from there.
>
> It might be a good idea to do it as a separate page in your own area 
> first as a draft (Ralph can probably help with that?), then once this 
> list has had a chance to review it, it can be moved to the correct 
> location? That way we don't have draft content sitting on a "finished" 
> page whilst being written, if that makes sense.
>   
I agree it'd be a good idea to publish a draft first on my own area (I 
assume you're referring to my future CentOS Wiki homepage).
Moreover in respect to the fact there are more people who dealt with 
this issue.
It's just that I don't seem to have privileges to create one... am I 
doing something wrong, or should I ask Ralph to grant me permissions to 
do this?

Ralph?


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Re: [CentOS-docs] Broadcom's BCM4311-, BCM4312-, BCM4321-, and BCM4322-based hardware install manual

2009-12-13 Thread Ned Slider 
On 12/13/2009 01:02 PM, Milos Blazevic wrote:
> Hello (again),
>
> I saw I've been granted the rights to edit the page. Thanks Ralph! I'd
> like to thank all for supporting me on this matter.
> And yes Ralph, good point about sending from the address I registered
> with,... never really thought about it.
>
> In the next few days I'll be editing the wiki page so the manual will
> become available and all critical input is welcome - we all want a
> comprehenssive manual, don't we?
> Also, I personally think we can't presume to bind this particular WLAN
> card to a particular laptop model (in respect of the manual), and vice
> versa. For instance, Inspiron 1525 I'm using usually comes with several
> different flavors of WLAN cards - don't be surprised if you find it
> working with iwl1395 driver because yes, they sometimes do come with
> Intel wireless card.

Agreed. I would think the logical location would be in the Wireless page:

http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless

where there is already a small section near the bottom that could be 
replaced, or if your contribution is too large to fit conveniently on 
that page then do it as a separate page and link it from there.

It might be a good idea to do it as a separate page in your own area 
first as a draft (Ralph can probably help with that?), then once this 
list has had a chance to review it, it can be moved to the correct 
location? That way we don't have draft content sitting on a "finished" 
page whilst being written, if that makes sense.

>
> As for the drivers RPM Fusion and that "no-vim-distro" repos :) provide,
> this is the matter which the developers will certainly much better
> explain, especially since ELrepo developers are engaged in this
> discussion. Also, I myself was under the impression that Phil
> (NedSlider) considered thoroughly the option of building and .rpm for
> this driver.
>

I have no idea what the policy of others is on redistributing such 
content, but as others have said, when I looked at it for inclusion in 
ELRepo I was concerned by the terms for redistribution in the license, 
and sought advice from the Software Freedom Law Center. We concluded 
that we (ELRepo.org) couldn't redistribute it under the current terms, 
hence why I feel such a guide here would be hugely beneficial.


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Re: [CentOS-docs] Broadcom's BCM4311-, BCM4312-, BCM4321-, and BCM4322-based hardware install manual

2009-12-13 Thread Milos Blazevic 
Hello (again),

I saw I've been granted the rights to edit the page. Thanks Ralph! I'd 
like to thank all for supporting me on this matter.
And yes Ralph, good point about sending from the address I registered 
with,... never really thought about it.

In the next few days I'll be editing the wiki page so the manual will 
become available and all critical input is welcome - we all want a 
comprehenssive manual, don't we?
Also, I personally think we can't presume to bind this particular WLAN 
card to a particular laptop model (in respect of the manual), and vice 
versa. For instance, Inspiron 1525 I'm using usually comes with several 
different flavors of WLAN cards - don't be surprised if you find it 
working with iwl1395 driver because yes, they sometimes do come with 
Intel wireless card.

As for the drivers RPM Fusion and that "no-vim-distro" repos :) provide, 
this is the matter which the developers will certainly much better 
explain, especially since ELrepo developers are engaged in this 
discussion. Also, I myself was under the impression that Phil 
(NedSlider) considered thoroughly the option of building and .rpm for 
this driver.


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Re: [CentOS-docs] Broadcom's BCM4311-, BCM4312-, BCM4321-, and BCM4322-based hardware install manual

2009-12-13 Thread Gytis Repečka 
Hello everybody,

actually Ubuntu also distributes Broadcom's driver in their default 
repositories, so these chipsets work out-of-the-box.

I'm always ready to collaborate on tutorials, e-mail me. Maybe we could even 
write a shell script which could dowload and install Broadcom's driver 
according to our instructions.

Yours faithfully,
Gytis Repecka

www.repecka.com

2009 Gruodis 12, 21:03, Šeš, Mathieu Baudier rašė:
> Hi,
>
> a few weeks ago, I got the broadcom wireless working on a MacBook Pro
> (2008) running CentOS 5.4 using  more or less the same approach as
> Gytis.
> I'll be happy to retest the whole generic procedure on this hardware.
>
> What surprises me though is that RPMFusion distributes the kmod-wl for
> Fedora (I use it on the same hardware with Fedora 11 and 12):
>
> http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/releases/12/Everything/x86_64/os/repoview/kmod-wl.html
> http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/releases/12/Everything/x86_64/os/repoview/kmod-wl-2.6.31.5-127.fc12.x86_64.html
> http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/releases/12/Everything/x86_64/os/repoview/broadcom-wl.html
>
> Do you think they could "work around" this license issue?
> Or they are not aware of it? (would suprise me)
>
> Maybe it would be worth asking them?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mathieu
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