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2013/4/8 Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> According to
> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#Supported_devices, the only
> driver that supports the BCM43228 is the closed-source wl. If your device
> has PCI ID 14e4:4359, then neither brcmsmac nor b43 support it.
>
> The number of devices supported by b43 is limited by the time that we have
> to reverse engineer devices, and a need for an open-source driver. Your
> device is not widely distributed. The Broadcom people will need to say why
> they choose not to implement this device.
>
> If you need a wireless adapter for use with a Live CD, I suggest one of the
> popular USB devices.


I'm already read this link, but may be info is outdated and opensource
drivers for 43228 is available. Now broadcom-sta wl river works very
bad on my acer aspire v5.

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