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File README.SUSE of Package broadcom-wl
------- GENERAL ------- This is an OFFICAL-RELEASE of Broadcom's IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n hybrid Linux device driver for use with Broadcom's BCM4311-, BCM4312-, BCM4321-, and BCM4322-based hardware. This driver also supports the incorrectly identified BCM4328 chipset which is actually a BCM4321 or BCM4322 chipset. For any updated info please refer here: http://en.opensuse.org/HCL/Network_Adapters_(Wireless)/Broadcom_BCM43xx ------- LICENSE ------- You must read the LICENSE.txt file in the docs directory before using this software. -------------------------- INSTALLATION & USAGE NOTES -------------------------- This driver conflicts with the Linux community provided driver for Broadcom hardware and cannot be used at the same time. It also conflicts with the ssb driver and ndiswrapper Broadcom windows drivers. To overcome these conflicts this package installs the file /etc/modprobe.d/broadcom-wl-blacklist which blacklists the following kernel modules to prevent them from loading: b43 bcm43xx ssb ndiswrapper If you require to use any of these modules for other installed hardware then you will need to comment out the corresponding entry for that module. Note that doing so may prevent this driver from functioning. By default the wireless card used by this driver will usually be identified as eth1 or wlan0. If you wish to change the assigned device identifier then you should edit interface from yast
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