Comment 18 for bug 57355

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Martin Hamel (martin-komunide) wrote : Re: [Bug 57355] Re: BCM1390M (broadcom 4311) with ndiswrapper and nvidia IRQ conflicts

See that web page for 4311 driver status:
http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/?go=devices

I guess that would be our best hope. Right now, the driver is listed has
unstable for the 4311. We could have something working soon. But not for
edgy. It will mean recompiling our kernel our wait for edgy+1.

2006/10/5, Martin Hamel <email address hidden>:
>
> The BCM43XX does not support the 4311 yet. Actually, they are working on
> it and I eard that it was partially working now. But that version is not in
> the 2.6.17 kernel. And I don't know what "partially working mean". Well, I
> guess we'll have a working driver in edgyh+1. But that leave's us like that
> for another 6 months. :-(
>
> 2006/10/4, Matthew Garrett <email address hidden>:
> >
> > Have you tried using the proper Linux driver? If you're having crashes
> > while
> >
> > a) running code that we don't have the source for (nvidia), and
> > b) running code that we don't have the source for and which is written
> > for a different OS (ndiswrapper/broadcom driver)
> >
> > it's sadly quite difficult for us to do anything.
> > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx/Dapper has
> > information on how to set it up.
> >
> > --
> > BCM1390M (broadcom 4311) with ndiswrapper and nvidia IRQ conflicts
> > https://launchpad.net/bugs/57355
> >
>
>
>
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>

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