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| Started by | "news.west.earthlink.net" <rickm4th@earthlink.net> |
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| First post | 2015-12-09 17:38 -0600 |
| Last post | 2015-12-10 21:45 -0600 |
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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
| From | "news.west.earthlink.net" <rickm4th@earthlink.net> |
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| Date | 2015-12-09 17:38 -0600 |
| Subject | WiFi setup - dual boot question |
| Message-ID | <4fOdnVzY5_YJJvXLnZ2dnUU7-UGdnZ2d@earthlink.com> |
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.
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| From | Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> |
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| Date | 2015-12-09 23:47 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnn6hfdd.5q5.grahn+nntp@frailea.sa.invalid> |
| In reply to | #3618 |
On Wed, 2015-12-09, 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. Can you find documentation (from Broadcom) about that firmware update? It should document what OSes it works with. If not, try googling on the firmware update's name. Disclaimer: I have no experience with wifi adapters myself. /Jorgen -- // Jorgen Grahn <grahn@ Oo o. . . \X/ snipabacken.se> O o .
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| From | Clark Smith <noaddress@nowhere.net> |
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| Date | 2015-12-10 16:41 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <n4c9vi$ndj$1@news.albasani.net> |
| In reply to | #3618 |
On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 17:38:53 -0600, news.west.earthlink.net wrote: > New to Linux, can't find an answer searching, looking for help. > > I installed Debian 8 on an old laptop dual booting with Windows XP. The > Linux system said it needs a firmware update to the Broadcom 4306 wifi > adapter to use it. My question is, if I install this firmware, will it > break the adapter for use with XP? I tried the NDIS wrapper as a safe > workaround, but it failed to function. Is it not the case that the firmware update would apply to Linux alone?
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| From | William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> |
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| Date | 2015-12-10 18:28 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <n4cg89$j86$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #3620 |
On 2015-12-10, Clark Smith <noaddress@nowhere.net> wrote: > On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 17:38:53 -0600, 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. > > Is it not the case that the firmware update would apply to Linux > alone? At least some firmware is "temporary" in that it applies only as long as power is applied to the card. Thus it is reloaded at each reboot.
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| From | Markus Koßmann <mkossmann_n1@gmx.de> |
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| Date | 2015-12-10 18:03 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <dctpiqFgpdpU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #3618 |
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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| From | "news.west.earthlink.net" <rickm4th@earthlink.net> |
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| Date | 2015-12-10 21:45 -0600 |
| Message-ID | <qP2dnSosOeVP2_fLnZ2dnUU7-e-dnZ2d@earthlink.com> |
| In reply to | #3621 |
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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