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Re: WiFi setup - dual boot question

From	"news.west.earthlink.net" <rickm4th@earthlink.net>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.networking
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Subject	Re: WiFi setup - dual boot question
Date	2015-12-10 21:45 -0600
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Thank you, that answers the question. All wifi products I have used have 
non-volatile memory that holds firmware updates. I assumed the same here.

"Markus Koßmann" <mkossmann_n1@gmx.de> wrote in message 
news:dctpiqFgpdpU1@mid.individual.net...
> news.west.earthlink.net wrote:
>
>> New to Linux, can't find an answer searching, looking for help.
>>
>> I installed Debian 8 on an old laptop dual booting with Windows XP. The
>> Linux system said it needs a firmware update to the Broadcom 4306 wifi
>> adapter to use it. My question is, if I install this firmware, will it
>> break the adapter for use with XP? I tried the NDIS wrapper as a safe
>> workaround, but it failed to function.
> Does it really need a "firmware update" or does it just need "firmware" ?
> AFAIK the Broadcom 4306 is one of these chips which don't have 
> non-volatile
> memory to save firmware permanently. So the windows driver also loads
> firmware onto the chip everytime it starts. But it hides that firmware
> loading from the user.
>

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WiFi setup - dual boot question "news.west.earthlink.net" <rickm4th@earthlink.net> - 2015-12-09 17:38 -0600
  Re: WiFi setup - dual boot question Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2015-12-09 23:47 +0000
  Re: WiFi setup - dual boot question Clark Smith <noaddress@nowhere.net> - 2015-12-10 16:41 +0000
    Re: WiFi setup - dual boot question William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-12-10 18:28 +0000
  Re: WiFi setup - dual boot question Markus Koßmann <mkossmann_n1@gmx.de> - 2015-12-10 18:03 +0100
    Re: WiFi setup - dual boot question "news.west.earthlink.net" <rickm4th@earthlink.net> - 2015-12-10 21:45 -0600

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