From 2791835ce2475aeb09ac393971a0d7047728a2f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "W. Trevor King" Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:17:24 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] posts:aspire_one: mention sys-kernel/linux-firmware package for brcm firmware. --- posts/Aspire_One_722.mdwn | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/posts/Aspire_One_722.mdwn b/posts/Aspire_One_722.mdwn index 9ad369f..9121522 100644 --- a/posts/Aspire_One_722.mdwn +++ b/posts/Aspire_One_722.mdwn @@ -98,11 +98,12 @@ module, `CONFIG_ATL1C` option; Atheros [aquired Attansic][attansic] in The Broadcom drivers [require firmware][brcm-firm], which you can get from -`git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git`. -You'll need to install `bcm43xx-0.fw` and `bcm43xx_hdr-0.fw` into +`git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git` +(or `sys-kernel/linux-firmware` on [[Gentoo]]). You'll need to +install `bcm43xx-0.fw` and `bcm43xx_hdr-0.fw` into `/lib/firmware/brcm`. Despite the name similarity, this is not the firmware installed by Gentoo's `net-wireless/b43-firmware` package -(which fills in `/lib/firmware/b43`. +(which fills in `/lib/firmware/b43`). There is also difficulty running both the `atl1c` and `brmcsmac` drivers at the same time. Upon associating with a wireless access -- 2.26.2