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CT in Atlanta

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Since: Oct 01, 2009
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 3:20 pm
Post subject: Are there now drivers for Broadcom 43xx wireless cards in most distributions?
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I wanted to turn my iMac into a dual boot system for a while but was
hampered by lack of availability for the Broadcom wireless card version
43xx in the iMac. Do most Linux distributions now support this card?
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Peter Köhlmann

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 5:20 pm
Post subject: Re: Are there now drivers for Broadcom 43xx wireless cards in most distributions? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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CT in Atlanta wrote:

> I wanted to turn my iMac into a dual boot system for a while but was
> hampered by lack of availability for the Broadcom wireless card version
> 43xx in the iMac. Do most Linux distributions now support this card?

I guess they all do, as it is nativly supported since kernel 2.6.17 which
is very old by now
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 7:20 pm
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On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:36:22 -0400, CT in Atlanta wrote:

> I wanted to turn my iMac into a dual boot system for a while but was
> hampered by lack of availability for the Broadcom wireless card version
> 43xx in the iMac. Do most Linux distributions now support this card?

All you need is the firmware, the kernels got the code


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