From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50D481381F3 for ; Fri, 7 Dec 2012 12:53:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9DC1521C00E; Fri, 7 Dec 2012 12:53:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f181.google.com (mail-we0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E1E90E0586 for ; Fri, 7 Dec 2012 12:52:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f181.google.com with SMTP id t11so176589wey.40 for ; Fri, 07 Dec 2012 04:52:02 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=Aj5Lu0Zkzkef5ArMmIOWMr8scPhZdNgnqCLrZpbc1ZE=; b=m0zuShMhnpqXosILaPRbjT9XxSAgCkXIKmmEtFkCt5khqqsk4NC+hc7QoaRX+u5Mw3 V8ZOE8w8V11Fd26I4zNCYt0dZXDQHt92AE5cPL4aGkBsjYzM2leXJbP6TuJIol7ktyRO ymNGoncIGjUlyCgQLx1OlLg73cIig0wRvEj11jUxNxuTps6VTjI0JVEtd3QATY1jtAwL JIvlGrR8ubUG3pe9ME7/PTBuzYFbxQNCjd7/+BRRRyQVBwD5NrMboRAAIbIZcLujnjKR JPQnkGdlDzRweQboaSKAQSxoJHbmLqfJXRS0asORA1k1/4dgFRvyUguRRb+WQQnlRyrj ZGFg== Received: by 10.180.78.1 with SMTP id x1mr14761112wiw.17.1354884722546; Fri, 07 Dec 2012 04:52:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from dell_xps.localnet (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa. [217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id b1sm15532175wix.11.2012.12.07.04.51.59 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 07 Dec 2012 04:52:00 -0800 (PST) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] broadcom-sta and the 3.6.x kernel Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 12:51:46 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/3.5.7-gentoo; KDE/4.9.3; x86_64; ; ) References: <50BDE869.1080101@binarywings.net> <50BE16FC.4080901@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <50BE16FC.4080901@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2056716.ii2Mn2t5gg"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201212071251.58260.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 9e7a7828-d3cf-4017-826d-dd53271777c6 X-Archives-Hash: 6883b5e3335317fc2b91b46e5773ef10 --nextPart2056716.ii2Mn2t5gg Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tuesday 04 Dec 2012 15:30:04 Dustin C. Hatch wrote: > On 12/4/2012 06:11, Florian Philipp wrote: > > Do you actually need broadcom-sta anymore? With the recent kernel > > updates more chips work with the in-kernel driver (brcmsmac). But the > > config option is well hidden (you need to enable BCMA to even see it). >=20 > Yes, I initially tried the b43 driver, which worked, but consistently > dropped about 5-15% of packets, making it mostly unusable. I also tried > bcrmsmac and bcrmfmac, and neither of them supported my card (432b). > Unfortunately, I can't get a different card, either, because I my > notebook has a "whitelist" of supported devices in the BIOS, and it > won't even boot with a mini-pci-e card installed that isn't in that > list. Thanks, HP :( This sounds scary!!! Isn't there a way of disabling this feature in the BI= OS? =20 Have you spoken to the HP police to ask what they can do to allow you to=20 manage the machine you bought from them? O_O =20 =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart2056716.ii2Mn2t5gg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAlDB5m4ACgkQVTDTR3kpaLaAGwCfWdetXBNsDvpGNW1f6fsYNdcJ ViQAn1skbJfpQYryGKEioaQXfRdCmmf3 =Qj9F -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2056716.ii2Mn2t5gg--