posts:aspire_one: mention sys-kernel/linux-firmware package for brcm firmware.
authorW. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:17:24 +0000 (18:17 -0400)
committerW. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:17:24 +0000 (18:17 -0400)
posts/Aspire_One_722.mdwn

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@@ -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