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Broadcom Releases Source Code For Drivers

Posted by timothy on from the they-sure-get-my-goodwill dept.

I'm Not There (1956) writes "Broadcom, the world's largest manufacturer of Wi-Fi transceivers, open sources its Linux device drivers. This is a big win for Linux users, as there are a lot of users that face Wi-Fi problems when they use Linux on their laptops. With these device drivers now open source, distributions can ship them out-of-the-box, and that means no Linux Wi-Fi problems for new devices and upcoming distributions at all."

2 of 350 comments (clear)

  1. DD-WRT by QuantumBeep · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Looking forward to much broader DD-WRT support for Broadcom hardware in the near future

  2. Re:Hahahahahaha by sammyF70 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    hmm .. I still have to see a driver for any wireless card that crashes linux. Worst case scenario, it just doesn't work, which was incidentally the problem I had with my broadcom adapter on an Acer Aspire One D250. but crash the OS? not really, no.

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