Install firmware for Broadcom 1390 wireless network card

Linux June 3rd, 2008

Follow these instructions if you are using the b43 driver from linux-2.6.25 or compat-wireless-2.6, or from any current GIT tree.

Softwares/Drivers:
b43-fwcutter version 011: available in latest Linux distributions.
Broadcom’s proprietary driver version 4.150.10.5: download at: http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2

Usage:

tar xjf broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2
cd broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver
b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware wl_apsta_mimo.o

Note that you must adjust the FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR path to your distribution. The standard place where firmware is installed to is /lib/firmware. However some distributions put firmware in a different place.

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A ringside seat at the Red Hat/Novell wars

Linux June 3rd, 2008

For Red Hat/Novell watchers, the recent dueling and same-day product announcements provide a ringside seat, as the two rivals continue to jockey for position. There are individual victories or defeats, as when managed services provider Conteqix tapped Red Hat over Novell:
http://go.techtarget.com/r/3761821/82182

Sometimes Novell inches ahead over Red Hat, but then Novell gets a black eye — or at least some bad press — to counteract its small victory. And sometimes Ubuntu emerges to score a win, as in the case of excavator Oxford Archaeology which went all open source to archive its data and for its general communication systems as well:
http://go.techtarget.com/r/3761822/82182

In the week ahead, we’ll feature additional case studies: one on Bonnier Corp., a publisher that switched database servers from Red Hat Enterprise Linux to Oracle Enterprise Linux, a report on Red Hat’s role in continuing innovation at the New York Stock Exchange and more.

Pam Derringer, News Writer
SearchEnterpriseLinux.com

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