Firmware for broadcom corporation BCM4312

[Kikko7]

Hi does anyone know how to install the
Firmware for a broadcom corporation BCM4312.
PS I'm running fedora 17 on a HP Pavilion dv2000.

[Darton]

I would suggest installing akmod-wl from RPMFusion and let it do the rest. The specific package you need is b43-openwwf. To do it the GUI way in GNOME 3:

Applications -> Add/Remove Software -> Search for "akmod-wl" or "b43"

[ferry]

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=239922

[jhhaynes]

Originally Posted by Darton

I would suggest installing akmod-wl from RPMFusion and let it do the rest. The specific package you need is b43-openwwf. To do it the GUI way in GNOME 3:

Applications -> Add/Remove Software -> Search for "akmod-wl" or "b43"

Would you mind explaining what akmod-wl does?

With a BCM4312 I've been using the kmod-wl stuff from rpmfusion for several years
now, after I had trouble with the b43/fwcutter stuff and someone pointed me to the]
rpmfusion site.

Just recently I did a fresh install of F18 on the machine, and dmesg shows the b43-phy0
thing. But after I installed the kmod-wl packages from rpmfusion dmesg no longer shows
the b43-phy anymore. This is with kernel 3.6.10.4.fc18.x86_64. So I wonder if they
have done something to the kernel so that instead of being tainted by kmod-wl it just
ignores the wireless adapter altogether. So right now I have gone through the b43/fwcutter
ritual and it seems to be working. But still I've always been happy with the kmod-wl
stuff from rpmfusion and I don't understand why it doesn't work anymore. Nor what
akmod has to do with it.

[gpennell]

From my limited understanding, akmods as opposed to kmods dynamically build against the kernel. If you're using a kmod, kernel updates will usually break compatibility until you update to the kmod build specifically for that kernel version. akmods will rebuild automatically when the version changes.

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