brcm80211
brcm80211 is a completely FOSS wireless driver for BCM4313, BCM43224, BCM43225 chipsets.
Contents
Overview
- Completely open source host driver, no binary object files
Features Broadcom's OneDriver architecture (single source base for supported chips and architectures)
- On-chip firmware loaded using standard request_firmware()
- Support for BCM43224, BCM43225, BCM4313 (PCIe NIC)
- Framework for supporting new chips, including mac80211-aware embedded chips
- Does not support older PCI/PCIe chips with SSB backplane
- Driver includes BMAC interface for transparent dongle support
- Uses minstrel_ht rate algorithm
- HW based encryption not enabled yet
Supported Chips
Name |
PCI Device ID |
BCM4313 |
0x4727 |
BCM43224 |
0x4353 |
BCM43225 |
0x4357 |
Get the code
The driver is currently available in staging-next git tree, available at:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging-next-2.6.git