Re: Firmware for Broadcom BCM4318 Wireless LAN Controller

Great! Thx

CU

Claudia Neumann

Am Donnerstag, 26. September 2024, 14:37:47 CEST schrieb John Paul Adrian Glaubitz:
> Hi Claudia,
> 
> On Thu, 2024-09-26 at 14:00 +0200, Claudia Neumann wrote:
> > I succeeded in installing Debian trixie/sid on an iMac G5 with Radeon
> > X550/X600 graphic card. I am using Xfce and Links2 as webbrowser.
> > 
> > Now I need wireless LAN. It has an Broadcom BCM4318 (AirForce One 54g)
> > 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller.
> > 
> > I downloaded firmware-b43-installer but cannot install it, because it
> > wants b43-fwcutter. This package is only available für ppc64el not for
> > ppc64.
> > 
> > At this point I am stuck. What should I do?
> 
> It's because the package b43-fwcutter is part of the "contrib" section which
> is not available in Debian Ports, however I can build it.
> 
> I will build the package manually and upload it to "unreleased" for both
> powerpc and ppc64. It will be available by tonight.
> 
> You will need to add "unreleased" to your sources.list to use it:
> 
> 	deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ unreleased main
> 
> Adrian
> 
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