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Broadcom-STA "wl" wifi drivers - repository of latest
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peebee


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PostPosted: Mon 25 Jun 2012, 17:55    Post subject: Wary & Racy 5.3.90 - 5.4 Betas  
BarryK has released the beta versions of Wary and Racy 5.4

These versions have rerwin's new pup_event_backend_modprobe with extended preference processing built-in from woof.

To load the Broadcom wl driver onto Wary 5.3.92:
    1. load the multi-kernel pet from post #1
To load the Broadcom wl driver onto Racy 5.3.90:
    1. load the delta pet for k3.0.25 from post #7

    2. load the multi-kernel pet from post #1
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Desktop: AMD Athlon II X2 260 4GB, Nvidia GeForce7025[2012]

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PostPosted: Sun 15 Jul 2012, 06:23    Post subject: Diffs record
Subject description: The set of changes made to the Broadcom source		  
As a record.....

Open the attached file as text to see all the changes made to the original Broadcom sources.

Cheers
peebee
wl_diffs.gz
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Filename  wl_diffs.gz 
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PostPosted: Thu 09 Aug 2012, 07:21    Post subject: Delta files for Precise Puppy  
Delta files are no longer required for Precise 5.4 - they are now built in to the multi-kernel pet
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PostPosted: Sun 12 Aug 2012, 04:47    Post subject:  
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Desktop: AMD Athlon II X2 260 4GB, Nvidia GeForce7025[2012]

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PostPosted: Mon 20 Aug 2012, 11:04    Post subject:  
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IBM Thinkpad 600: 266MHz PII, 160MB ram, 2GB swap partition, wifi & modem via pcmcia [1999]
Desktop: AMD Athlon II X2 260 4GB, Nvidia GeForce7025[2012]

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PostPosted: Sat 25 Aug 2012, 07:09    Post subject: Delta files for Slacko 5.3.7.1 k3.2.33-4g & k3.4.17-PAE  
The delta files for the Beta version of the next version of Slacko:
    Slacko 5.3.7.1 with Kernel 3.2.33-4g and with Kernel 3.4.17-PAE
are attached.

This is another "new generation" pup that does NOT need the rerwin fixes pet.

To install the Broadcom WL driver onto Slacko 5.3.7.1
    1. install the (correct!) delta file attached to this post

    2. install the multi-kernel pet in post #1

    3. reboot
broadcom_wl_delta-k3.2.33-4g.pet
Description  WL Delta for k3.2.33-4g
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Filename  broadcom_wl_delta-k3.2.33-4g.pet 
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broadcom_wl_delta-k3.4.17-PAE.pet
Description  WL Delta for k3.4.17-PAE
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Filename  broadcom_wl_delta-k3.4.17-PAE.pet 
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IBM Thinkpad 600: 266MHz PII, 160MB ram, 2GB swap partition, wifi & modem via pcmcia [1999]
Desktop: AMD Athlon II X2 260 4GB, Nvidia GeForce7025[2012]

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PostPosted: Sat 25 Aug 2012, 07:15    Post subject: New version uploaded  
Version 9 uploaded on 25 Aug 2012 - from download 343 onwards - see post #1.

For this version I have taken most of the delta files out of the Multi-Kernel pet and provided them individually as posts to the thread - the main pet still directly supports the official release puppies Wary and Slacko.

As before, there are no changes to the actual driver from this change so if you've downloaded and are using a previous version you can stick with it.

Cheers
peebee
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PostPosted: Sun 26 Aug 2012, 06:15    Post subject: Precise 5.2.72 & 73 delta added  
I've added the delta file to support Precise 5.2.72 & 5.2.91 k3.2.28-pae as just released by BarryK - see http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=76495&start=10
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IBM Thinkpad 600: 266MHz PII, 160MB ram, 2GB swap partition, wifi & modem via pcmcia [1999]
Desktop: AMD Athlon II X2 260 4GB, Nvidia GeForce7025[2012]

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PostPosted: Thu 30 Aug 2012, 15:02    Post subject:  
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Desktop: AMD Athlon II X2 260 4GB, Nvidia GeForce7025[2012]

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PostPosted: Sat 01 Sep 2012, 13:48    Post subject:  
The delta file for the next Slacko 5.3.5.3 with k3.2.28-4g has been uploaded:

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=76495&start=20

Cheers
peebee
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PostPosted: Thu 06 Sep 2012, 15:38    Post subject:  
Hi Peebee,

I just wanted to ask you if I compile the newer STA drivers,
and install the pet, will it overwrite the older wl driver, or do I have to somehow remove the older wl driver?

Also, I will be compiling for Solidpup (Wary 5.1.1 kernel 2.26.32.28 )
Will I need any special patches for the older kernel?

Great work with the drivers. Wink
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PostPosted: Thu 06 Sep 2012, 16:06    Post subject:  
Peebee,

I forgot to ask you, is it okay for the B43 drivers and the STA drivers to exist alongside one another? I don't have a broadcom wireless adapter, I just want to include the drivers for other forum members.
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PostPosted: Thu 06 Sep 2012, 18:37    Post subject:  
Tman wrote:
Hi Peebee,

I just wanted to ask you if I compile the newer STA drivers,
and install the pet, will it overwrite the older wl driver, or do I have to somehow remove the older wl driver?

Also, I will be compiling for Solidpup (Wary 5.1.1 kernel 2.26.32.28 )
Will I need any special patches for the older kernel?

Great work with the drivers. Wink


Hi Tman

Great to have your interest - I'll do my best to answer your questions.

The wl.ko driver has to be compiled specifically for each kernel - as you can see from post #1 the multi-kernel pet directly supports Wary 5.3 with k2.26.32.59 so there should be no problem with Solidpup. The source I use does have a set of patches applied - mainly for later kernels - the patches are attached to: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=76495&start=16.

If you like I can download Solidpup + devx + kernel sources and make a delta pet for k2.26.32.28 - and also test that it works on my laptop with b43 wifi.....

or I can send you the patched source by pm so you can compile your own driver and tell you what you need to do to make the delta yourself.

The delta is tiny so can be built into the iso if you feel so inclined, so that people just need to load the multi-kernel pet.

I'm not sure how to answer your queries about "new" drivers overwriting "old" drivers - other than to say the pets include uninstall logic which should remove the drivers if you uninstall the pet and revert you to the situation before you loaded the pet.
Assuming you used my pets as the blueprint for your pet then there should be no overwriting situations to take care of.
The delta file creates the driver for your kernel dynamically.

Hope this helps
Cheers
PeeBee
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IBM Thinkpad 600: 266MHz PII, 160MB ram, 2GB swap partition, wifi & modem via pcmcia [1999]
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PostPosted: Fri 07 Sep 2012, 00:50    Post subject:  
peebee wrote:

If you like I can download Solidpup + devx + kernel sources and make a delta pet for k2.26.32.28 - and also test that it works on my laptop with b43 wifi.....

or I can send you the patched source by pm so you can compile your own driver and tell you what you need to do to make the delta yourself.


That would be fantastic if you could make a delta pet and test it out for me, thank you. The download links are -> here

But please send me the patched source as well, so that I can duplicate your work to make sure that I know how to do it for next time. I already compiled a broadcom STA driver, included in the February 2012 versions of Solidpup, but I have no hardware to confirm if it's working or not.
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PostPosted: Fri 07 Sep 2012, 14:43    Post subject:  
Tman wrote:
That would be fantastic if you could make a delta pet and test it out for me, thank you.


Hi Tman

Not a success report I'm afraid....
Looks like Wary5.1.1 has a different module loading mechanism than later Woof2 pups....
The Broadcom wl driver compiled OK on solidpup from my patched source but when it was loaded together with the rerwin logic in the multi-kernel pet it did not install.

The driver is fine - I substituted your wl.ko with the wl.ko that I had compiled and it worked fine - the only change of any significance is that the device created is wlan0 rather then eth1 on my laptop. It is the same version of the Broadcom source.

Dmesg shows that both with your in-built driver and my version that both b43 and wl are loaded but in my case wl "wins" the battle and is used.

We would need to ask for rerwin's help if you wanted to get his logic working on Wary5.1.1....

I think the best thing to do is for me to send you the patched source in a PM so you can compile it yourself. The wlan0 change is a good one to have as SNS seems to work better in some circumstances if it finds wlan0.

Sorry I couldn't be of more help. Have you thought of moving to a Wary 5.3 k2.6.32.59 base??

Cheers
peebee
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