Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2015 #1449

[Gene Heskett]

On Monday 21 December 2015 20:55:38 Derek Wang wrote:

> Please remove me from the mail list. Thank you.
>
1. You just echoed the whole 37 kilobyte daily digest post back to the 
list. Picture me making motions of sharpening a finger.  Thats a bad 
dog, no biscuit scene for sure.

2. If you look at the headers (since the digest doesn't seem to contain 
the list servers address) you should find this line:

List-Unsubscribe: 


All on one line, my email agent word wraps.

A simple mail as shown above should suffice BUT you must send a reply 
(click reply, then click send) to the confirmation message the server 
will send you. IOW you must prove you are you.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
-- 
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
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Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2015 #1449

[Derek Wang]

Please remove me from the mail list. Thank you. 

On Monday, December 21, 2015 5:50 PM, 
"debian-user-digest-requ...@lists.debian.org" 
 wrote:
 

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debian-user-digest Digest                Volume 2015 : Issue 1449

Today's Topics:
  Re: AP support for wl driver          [ Stuart Longland  ]
  Re: Attempt to Move Root              [ Stephen Powell  ]
  Re: AP support for wl driver          [ Himanshu Shekhar 
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: AP support for wl driver
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On 20/12/15 19:32, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> > Thanks Stuart! I have made several attempts and almost scanned the
>> > Broadcom driver download page. No support email.
>> > They have 64 bit driver for Linux available for download. I tried,
>> > following the README file, and compilation failed with errors.
>> > Bad experience with Broadcom.
>> >
> Exactly that caused me to blacklist & leave it on the shelf or pegboard=
,=20
> anthing with a broadcom radio in it. I don't buy headches if I can help=
=20
> it.

Likewise.  I have one machine with a Broadcom WIFI chip, that's the
MacBook I'm typing this email on:

> RC=3D0 vk4msl-mb stuartl $ lspci -vnn | grep Network
> 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4322 802.11a=
/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:432b] (rev 01)

That one, is compatible with the 'b43' driver in the Linux kernel, and
after a few ritual sacrifices, *does* work.  It does however frequently
drop its link (dhclient soon fixes it), and even on MacOS X, misbehaves.

I've never tried HostAP with this particular device.

I don't blame the 'b43' developers for this.  They have done an
excellent job to get it working to the level they have.  Their work has
been almost entirely the result of clean-room reverse engineering.

It shouldn't be that way though.

Himanshu, if your chip is supported by one of the drivers listed here:
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers.  If one of those is
compatible, then you've got a chance.

Otherwise your only option is begging and grovelling to Broadcom, or
voting with your wallet and buying something else.  Given the level of
contempt Broadcom has shown the Linux community historically, I
generally find it easier to avoid them and go with someone like Atheros
or Intel, who actively develop their drivers in the Linux mainline kernel=
=2E

If I wanted a proprietary binary soup I'd use Windows.
--=20
Stuart Longland (aka Redhatter, VK4MSL)

I haven't lost my mind...
  ...it's backed up on a tape somewhere.


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