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Sean Santos [List of hardware] Update B4352
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 [[http://linuxwireless.sipsolutions.net/en/users/Drivers/b43/|http://linuxwireless.sipsolutions.net/en/users/Drivers/b43/]]
+**b43** and **b43legacy** are wireless drivers for Broadcom [[en/developers/Documentation/Glossary#softmac|SoftMAC]] chipsets. Kernel will automatically pick a proper module for you:
+  * **b43** for any new (supported) hardware
+  * **b43legacy** for BCM4301 and early BCM4306 versions
+===== Summary =====
+  * You need to have firmware files (usually in ''/lib/firmware/'') so **b43(legacy)** can upload them to the card and run properly.
+  * For [[en/developers/Documentation/Glossary#fullmac|FullMAC]] devices support see [[en/users/Drivers/brcm80211|brcmfmac]] and [[en/users/Drivers/rndis_wlan|rndis_wlan]]
+===== Known problems & limitations =====
+  * Some stalls (on G-PHY only?) possibly related to CCK vs. OFDM, see [[https://lists.openwrt.org/pipermail/openwrt-devel/2012-August/016432.html|WRT54g / b43 / mac802.11 BREAKTHROUGH]]
+  * N-PHY: 5 GHz support requires kernel 3.17+
+  * HT-PHY: no support for 5 GHz
+  * No support for 802.11n features (HT, aggregation, 40 MHz width)
+===== Resolved problems =====
+  * G-PHY devices: not working with kernels 3.15 and 3.16-rc1 (a regression). This was fixed in 3.15.5 ([[https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/commit/?h=linux-3.15.y&id=6f3f164bd0efe9a090cd74e08d6195c95024a1d1|6f3f164]]) and 3.16-rc3 ([[http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2fc68eb122c7ea6cd5be1fe7d6650c0beb2f4f40|2fc68eb]]).
+  * Scanning/connectivity problems: caused by **b43** bug exposed with kernel 3.8 (by [[http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0172bb75073e11a5aa9d8a953bdaefb8709f00c8|0172bb7]]). Fixed in kernel 3.14 (by [[http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=64e5acb09ca6b50c97299cff9ef51299470b29f2|64e5acb]]) and backported to 3.13.2, 3.12.10, 3.10.29.
+===== List of hardware =====
+To check for a present hardware model execute following command:
+<code>lspci -nn -d 14e4:</code>
+Please look carefully at device ID and chipset name.
+^ PCI-ID ^ Supported? ^ Chip ID ^ Modes ^ PHY version ^ Alternative ^
+| 14e4:0576 | not tested | BCM43224 | a/b/g/n | ? | wl/brcm80211 |
+| 14e4:4301 | yes (b43legacy) | BCM4301 | b | B | |
+| 14e4:4306 | yes (b43legacy) | BCM4306/2 | b/g | G | |
+| 14e4:4307 | yes | BCM4306/3 | b/g | G | |
+| 14e4:4311 | yes | BCM4311 | b/g | G | wl |
+| 14e4:4312 | yes | BCM4311 | a/b/g | G (r8) | wl |
+| 14e4:4313 | not tested | BCM4311 | a | ? | wl |
+| ::: | no | BCM4313 | b/g/n | LCN (r1) | wl/brcm80211 |
+| 14e4:4315 | yes | BCM4312 | b/g | LP (r1) | wl |
+| 14e4:4318 | yes | BCM4318 | b/g | G (r7) | |
+| 14e4:4319 | yes | BCM4318 | a/b/g | G | |
+| 14e4:4320 | yes (b43legacy) | BCM4306/2 | b/g | G (r1) | |
+| ::: | yes | BCM4306/3 | ? | G (r2) | |
+| 14e4:4321 | partially | BCM4321 | ? | N (r2) | |
+| 14e4:4322 | not tested | BCM4322 | b/g/n | N (r4) | |
+| 14e4:4324 | yes (b43legacy) | BCM4306 | a/b/g | G (r1) | |
+| ::: | yes | BCM4306/3 | a/b/g | G (r5) | |
+| 14e4:4325 | yes (b43legacy) | BCM4306/2 | b/g | G (r1) | |
+| 14e4:4328 | partially | BCM4321 | a/b/g/n | N (r2) | wl |
+| 14e4:4329 | partially | BCM4321 | b/g/n | N (r1) | wl |
+| 14e4:432a | not tested | BCM4321 | a/n | N | wl |
+| 14e4:432b | partially | BCM4322 | a/b/g/n | N (r4) | wl |
+| 14e4:432c | yes | BCM4322 | b/g/n | N | wl |
+| 14e4:432d | not tested | BCM4322 | a/n | N | wl |
+| 14e4:4331 | yes (3.2-rc3+) | BCM4331 | a/b/g/n | HT (r1) | wl |
+| 14e4:4350 | yes (3.8+) | BCM43222 | a/b/g/n | N (r6) | |
+| 14e4:4353 | yes (3.1+) | BCM43224 | a/b/g/n | N (r6) | wl/brcm80211 |
+| 14e4:4357 | yes (3.1+) | BCM43225 | b/g/n | N (r6) | wl/brcm80211 |
+| 14e4:4358 | yes (3.17+) | BCM43227 | b/g/n | N (r16) | wl |
+| 14e4:4359 | yes (3.17+) | BCM43228 | a/b/g/n | N (r16) | wl |
+| 14e4:4360 | no | BCM4360 | ? | AC (r1) | |
+| 14e4:4365 | no | BCM43142 | b/g/n | LCN40 (r3) | wl |
+| 14e4:43a0 | no | BCM4360 | a/b/g/n/ac | AC? | wl |
+| ::: | no | BCM4352 | a/b/g/n/ac | ? | wl |
+| 14e4:43a9 | yes (3.17+) | BCM43217 | b/g/n | N (r17) | |
+| 14e4:43aa | yes (3.17+) | BCM43131 | b/g/n | N (r17) | |
+| 14e4:43b1 | no | BCM4352 | a/b/g/n/ac | AC (r3) | wl |
+| 14e4:4727 | no | BCM4313 | b/g/n | LCN (r1) | wl/brcm80211 |
+| 14e4:a8d6 | not tested | BCM43222 | ? | N (6) | |
+| 14e4:a8d8 | yes (3.6+) | BCM43224 | a/b/g/n | N (r6) | brcm80211 |
+| ::: | yes (3.6+) | BCM43225 | ? | N (r6) | brcm80211 |
+| 14e4:a8db | not tested | BCM43217 | b/g/n | N (r17) | |
+| 14e4:a99d | not tested | BCM43421? | ? | ? | wl |
+===== Contact =====
+  * For instant contact you can try #bcm-users channel in IRC freenode network. Please note the limited activity and that you may need to wait for an answer.
+  * As a more reliable way you can use [[http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/b43-dev|b43-dev mailing list]].
+In case of any problem, please start with providing hardware model (including ID) and description of the issue.

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