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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/TODO | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/bcm43xx.txt | 36 |
2 files changed, 36 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/TODO b/Documentation/networking/TODO deleted file mode 100644 index 66d36ff14ba..00000000000 --- a/Documentation/networking/TODO +++ /dev/null @@ -1,18 +0,0 @@ -To-do items for network drivers -------------------------------- - -* Move ethernet crc routine to generic code - -* (for 2.5) Integrate Jamal Hadi Salim's netdev Rx polling API change - -* Audit all net drivers to make sure magic packet / wake-on-lan / - similar features are disabled in the driver by default. - -* Audit all net drivers to make sure the module always prints out a - version string when loaded as a module, but only prints a version - string when built into the kernel if a device is detected. - -* Add ETHTOOL_GDRVINFO ioctl support to all ethernet drivers. - -* dmfe PCI DMA is totally wrong and only works on x86 - diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bcm43xx.txt b/Documentation/networking/bcm43xx.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..28541d2bee1 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/bcm43xx.txt @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ + + BCM43xx Linux Driver Project + ============================ + +About this software +------------------- + +The goal of this project is to develop a linux driver for Broadcom +BCM43xx chips, based on the specification at +http://bcm-specs.sipsolutions.net/ + +The project page is http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ + + +Requirements +------------ + +1) Linux Kernel 2.6.16 or later + http://www.kernel.org/ + + You may want to configure your kernel with: + + CONFIG_DEBUG_FS (optional): + -> Kernel hacking + -> Debug Filesystem + +2) SoftMAC IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack extension and patched ieee80211 + modules: + http://softmac.sipsolutions.net/ + +3) Firmware Files + + Please try fwcutter. Fwcutter can extract the firmware from various + binary driver files. It supports driver files from Windows, MacOS and + Linux. You can get fwcutter from http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/. + Also, fwcutter comes with a README file for further instructions. |