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differences in the entry: vendor
Broadcom-Corporation
differences in the entry: model name
Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
differences in the entry: possible other names of the device
differences in the entry: VendorID:ProductID code of the device
14e4:4318
differences in the entry: year of commercialization
not-specified
differences in the entry: interface
not-specified
differences in the entry: GNU/Linux distribution used for the test
trisquel_4_5 , trisquel_5_5
differences in the entry: tested with the following kernel libre
2.6.35.11-libre2, 3.0.0-17-generic
differences in the entry: does it work with free software?
yes
differences in the entry: free driver used
b43-pci-bridge
differences in the entry: Description
Seems [p]Seems to work very well. Uses the ssb kernel module and dmesg says that it is missing free firmware. The only thing it doesn't seem to do is go to wireless power saving mode in powertop, no idea whether this is related to the firmware. Also integrated in the [b]Dell Latitude D610 (PP11L)[/b] notebook. notebook.[/p]
lspci -nnk [p]lspci -vmmnn[/p]
[code]03:03.0 [code]
Slot: 06:05.0
Class: Network controller [0280]
Vendor: Broadcom Corporation [14e4]
Device: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [4318]
SVendor: Hewlett-Packard Company [103c]
SDevice: Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN [1356]
Rev: 02
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[p]lspci -nnk[/p]
[code]
06:05.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1370 Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN Mini-PCI Card [1028:0005] [103c:1356]
Kernel Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
Kernel Kernel modules: ssb[/code] ssb
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