Broadcom joins the Linux Foundation

Posted Jan 7, 2011 6:09 UTC (Fri) by csamuel (✭ supporter ✭, #2624)
Parent article: Broadcom joins the Linux Foundation

Broadcom:

# In September, Broadcom® announced it had open sourced
# its drivers for selected Wi-Fi chipsets, a pivotal move
# that garnered applause throughout the Linux community.

vs.

http://lwn.net/Articles/405375/

# Nevertheless, everyone I know that has reviewed the
# newly released driver code is being treated for eye
# cancer.

Ain't PR great! :-)

Broadcom joins the Linux Foundation

Posted Jan 7, 2011 6:52 UTC (Fri) by bojan (subscriber, #14302) [Link] (2 responses)

Better late than never. The driver will get chemo from Linux developers and all will be well. A very big category of devices now works out of the box (e.g. a lot of Dell laptops), which is good news for sure.

Broadcom joins the Linux Foundation

Posted Jan 7, 2011 7:17 UTC (Fri) by drag (guest, #31333) [Link] (1 responses)

Yep. Used to be if it was wireless and it was labelled 'broadcom' the best thing to do with it for Linux was to toss it into the bin.

The unfortunate part was that these were among the most popular wireless devices on the planet for consumers which helped contribute massively to Linux being incompatible with many people's laptops.

This is terrific progress and shows how things can be worked out.

Broadcom joins the Linux Foundation

Posted Jan 7, 2011 15:57 UTC (Fri) by clump (subscriber, #27801) [Link]

Well said.