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Broadcom wifi

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Mar, 07/05/2016 - 14:34
vita_cell
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Hi, I couldn't find on h-node that chip, does this Broadblob wifi chip work with free software?

https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Apple_BCM94311MCAG

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Mar, 07/05/2016 - 14:44
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open-source_wireless_drivers

b43?

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Mar, 07/05/2016 - 14:45
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Afaik no broadcom works at all.

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Mar, 07/05/2016 - 15:01
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It says, that some Broadblobs work without non-free firmwares:

https://h-node.org/wifi/catalogue/en/1/1/undef/undef/undef/undef/undef/undef?search_string=bcm943&submit=Search

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Mar, 07/05/2016 - 15:18
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Only some very old as far as I know using openfwwf:

Broadcom AirForce wlan chipsets:

* BCM4306
* BCM4311 revision 1
* BCM4318
* BCM4320

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Mar, 07/05/2016 - 15:33
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Mine is BCM4311, WI1 chip1: Broadcom BCM4311. From iMac5,2 1195. Should it work with Trisquel out of the box? Or should I replace it directly with Atheros one?

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Mar, 07/05/2016 - 18:59
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The text in the openfwwf readme continues

"While it might work with later core revisions as well, their RF behaviour is not validated and might damage the hardware or violate frequency spectrum regulations."

So if it's not rev 1, there could be issues. Having said that I would believe it works but might not work perfectly.

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Mié, 07/06/2016 - 01:40
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Confirmed, Broadblob iMac5,2 wifi card working without blob.

With Trisquel7-64, default kernel, working out of the box.

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Linux vita-iMac 3.13.0-88-lowlatency #135+7.0trisquel2 SMP PREEMPT Fri Jun 10 07:03:04 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

01:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11a/b/g (rev 01)

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