I've been playing with ndiswrapper and the Broadcom drivers. The version of
ndiswrapper that comes with SuSE 10.0 is 1.2-2.
The 32-bit Windows driver is:
bcmwl5.inf
bcmwl5.sys
When using these drivers, ndiswrapper -l shows
bcmwl5 driver present, hardware present
But, the 32-bit Windows driver does not work with a 64-bit kernel (and that
is very clearly documented in the FAQ).
The BCMWL564.SYS, the 64-bit driver shows:
bcmwl5 driver present
But does not show the hardware. After the modprobe, dmesg shows nothing, and
YaSt does not detect it.
In researching some documents, there is some indication that the 1.2-2
ndiswrapper may be broken and that either I should go back to 1.1 (I think
used in an earlier version) or 1.13 from Sourceforge.
I have also tried Linuxant's DriverLoader.
Note that I installed and built ndiswrapper kernel source since the binary
module.
Has anyone had success on a recent laptop with the Broadcom wireless chips
in 64-bit mode. I have seen some success stories.
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Jerry Feldman