FS#26731 - WLAN does not work on MacBook Pro (8,1), because 14e4:4331 is not supported by broadcom

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Nico Schottelius (telmich) - Thursday, 03 November 2011, 16:36 GMT
Last edited by Andrea Scarpino (BaSh) - Sunday, 06 November 2011, 13:06 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Kernel
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

This bug is here for reference with upstream, so people don't need to search and find out that stuff does not work in a long run, but short run.

lspci-output:

03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:4331] (rev 02)

Upstream info:

http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43

Additional info:
* package version(s)
* config and/or log files etc.


Steps to reproduce:
This task depends upon

Closed by  Andrea Scarpino (BaSh)
Sunday, 06 November 2011, 13:06 GMT
Reason for closing:  Upstream
Additional comments about closing:  Please report upstream
Comment by Nico Schottelius (telmich) - Thursday, 03 November 2011, 20:18 GMT
It seems there is already some sourcecode available as found on http://homepage.uibk.ac.at/~c705283/archives/2011/09/04/linux_support_for_broadcom_4331_wireless_chip_macbook_pro_81/index.html
Comment by Jelle van der Waa (jelly) - Saturday, 05 November 2011, 19:57 GMT
Please use the wiki, since it's not an archlinux packaging bug

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