[needs-packaging] openfwwf: Open firmware broadcom

[pinzia]

Fedora 12 has added the open firmware for Broadcom wireless cards default. When it does ubuntu?
This project (mostly Italian) is an opportunity to remove some drivers closed.

Fedora announcements http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Announcement
project site http://www.ing.unibs.it/openfwwf/

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

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[pinzia (pinzia)]

this driver maybe the fix for:
 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hw-detect/+bug/29566
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/b43-fwcutter/+bug/218922
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/b43-fwcutter/+bug/504551

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/421095

news on debian?
thanks

[pinzia (pinzia)]

brainstorm http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/22910/

here a guide http://leorockway.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/free-broadcom/
other guide http://gnuser.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/broadcom-wifi-card-making-it-work-with-free-software/

news on kernel panic on debian http://trisquel.info/en/forum/how-fix-kernel-panics-open-fwwf-firmware
on forum http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8052521

[penalvch (penalvch)]

pinzia, open source drivers for many Broadcom WiFi chipsets are now available in Ubuntu. For more on this please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx .

If you have a problem with one specific Broadcom WiFi chipset, please file a new report as outlined in the previous article.