Kernel driver mainline version (recommended) The brcm80211 driver was introduced in the 2.6.37 kernel and in the 2.6.39 kernel it was sub-divided into the brcmsmac and brcmfmac drivers. In September 2010, Broadcom released a fully open source driver. This is a restrictively licensed driver and it does not work with hidden ESSIDs, but Broadcom promised to work towards a more open approach in the future. In August 2008, Broadcom released the 802.11 Linux STA driver officially supporting Broadcom wireless devices on GNU/Linux. ![]() The reverse-engineered b43 driver was introduced in the 2.6.24 kernel. The limited set of wireless devices that were supported were done so by a reverse-engineered driver. For a good portion of its initial history, Broadcom devices were either entirely unsupported or required the user to tinker with the firmware. 5.10 No 5GHz for BCM4360 (14e4:43a0) / BCM43602 (14e4:43ba) devicesīroadcom has a noted history with its support for Wi-Fi devices regarding GNU/Linux.5.9 Connection is unstable with some routers. ![]()
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