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Some older Broadcom WiFi chip work with free software: | Some older Broadcom WiFi chip work with free software: | ||
| − | * The [http://netweb.ing.unibs.it/openfwwf/index.php OpenFWWF] firmware is compatible with chips for PCI and PC-card busses and it is present in some | + | * The [http://netweb.ing.unibs.it/openfwwf/index.php OpenFWWF] firmware is compatible with chips for PCI and PC-card busses and it is present in some Broadcom system on a chip (like the one in the WRT54GSv4). |
| − | Some newer chips have a | + | Some newer chips have a built-in ROM but more research is needed to understand if there are chips that already work without nonfree software. The [https://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/WiFiResearch WiFiResearch] article on Replicant has more detail on that. The top priority is probably to look if there community firmware projects for the BCM4330 are 100% free or not. |
Revision as of 09:50, 11 May 2023
Some older Broadcom WiFi chip work with free software:
- The OpenFWWF firmware is compatible with chips for PCI and PC-card busses and it is present in some Broadcom system on a chip (like the one in the WRT54GSv4).
Some newer chips have a built-in ROM but more research is needed to understand if there are chips that already work without nonfree software. The WiFiResearch article on Replicant has more detail on that. The top priority is probably to look if there community firmware projects for the BCM4330 are 100% free or not.
