siba_bwn in GENERIC

[Adrian Chadd]

On 26 August 2011 15:14, Ruslan Mahmatkhanov <cvs-src at yandex.ru> wrote:
> Good day!
>
> Right now we have this line in GENERIC:
>
> #device         bwn             # Broadcom BCM43xx wireless NICs
>
> From user POV all he need to do to make his broadcom wifi work, is
> to uncomment this line and recompile his kernel. But this actually not
> sufficient - he also need to add device siba_bwn, and then install
> net/bwn-firmware-kmod. But he will know that after recompiling his kernel
> when his wireless adapter will not work as expected :).
>
> So may be we need to also add siba_bwn (commented out by default) in GENERIC
> and some reference about net/bwn-firmware-kmod?

I think it's a good idea, along with any other documentation related
changes that need to occur.

Thanks,


Adrian