building a driver/mod for a wireless nic

[Ed Greshko]

On 02/11/14 07:10, bruce wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I know this is a "centos" issue, but I've searched, can't find an
> answer, and thought the answer might be helpful to others. Feel free
> to flame away if I stepped on your toes!
>
> I'm following the steps to build the driver/module as describe in the url
>
>        http://elrepo.org/tiki/wl-kmod
>
> The step I'm confused on is the step 4)
>
> 4) Download the Broadcom driver matching your architecture (i.e.,
> 32-bit vs 64-bit):
>
>    from:   http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
>    to:      ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/
>
>
> The tar.gz file for the driver is listed on the page, but I'm not sure
> if I'm supposed to place the entire tar.gz file in the "SOURCES" dir
> (doubtful) or if i'm supposed to untar it, which will then have the
> underlying dirs from the tar file in the SOURCES dir...
>
> Or, if I'm supposed to follow the readme listed on the broadcom page,
> and build the wl.ko.
>
> Once I get this resolved, the rest should work ok...
>
> Thanks for any pointers/feedback.
>
> 'ppreciate it

This doesn't answer your question....  But, have you considered using the drivers supplied by rpmfusion for Broadcom devices?

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