Commit cb8efd3b authored by Thomas Petazzoni's avatar Thomas Petazzoni Committed by Peter Korsgaard
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b43-firmware: new package 



This package allows to download the Broadcom Wifi drivers, extract the
firmware from them, and install them in /lib/firmware, so that they
can be used by the open-source kernel driver b43.

Signed-off-by: default avatarThomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarPeter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
parent a63d01f1

package/Config.in

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menu "Hardware handling"

source "package/acpid/Config.in"

source "package/b43-firmware/Config.in"

source "package/cdrkit/Config.in"

source "package/dbus/Config.in"

source "package/dbus-glib/Config.in"

package/b43-firmware/Config.in

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config BR2_PACKAGE_B43_FIRMWARE

	bool "b43-firware"

	help

	  Firmware for the Broadcom Wifi devices supported by the b43

	  kernel driver.



if BR2_PACKAGE_B43_FIRMWARE



choice

	prompt "Kernel version"

	default BR2_PACKAGE_B43_FIRMWARE_KERNEL_AFTER_3_2

	help

	  Select the kernel version you're using. The b43 driver in

	  kernel >= 3.2 need a different firmware than the b43 drivers

	  from kernel < 3.2.



	config BR2_PACKAGE_B43_FIRMWARE_KERNEL_AFTER_3_2

		bool ">= 3.2"



	config BR2_PACKAGE_B43_FIRMWARE_KERNEL_BEFORE_3_2

		bool "< 3.2"



endchoice



endif

package/b43-firmware/b43-firmware.mk

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#############################################################

#

# b43-firmware

#

#############################################################



ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_B43_FIRMWARE_KERNEL_AFTER_3_2),y)

B43_FIRMWARE_VERSION = 5.100.138

B43_FIRMWARE_SITE = http://www.lwfinger.com/b43-firmware/

B43_FIRMWARE_SOURCE = broadcom-wl-$(B43_FIRMWARE_VERSION).tar.bz2

B43_FIRMWARE_DRIVER_FILE = linux/wl_apsta.o

else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_B43_FIRMWARE_KERNEL_BEFORE_3_2),y)

B43_FIRMWARE_VERSION = 5.10.56.27.3

B43_FIRMWARE_SITE = http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/

B43_FIRMWARE_SOURCE = broadcom-wl-$(B43_FIRMWARE_VERSION)_mipsel.tar.bz2

B43_FIRMWARE_DRIVER_FILE = driver/wl_apsta/wl_prebuilt.o

endif



B43_FIRMWARE_LICENSE = PROPRIETARY

B43_FIRMWARE_REDISTRIBUTE = NO



B43_FIRMWARE_DEPENDENCIES = host-b43-fwcutter



define B43_FIRMWARE_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS

	$(INSTALL) -d -m 0755 $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/firmware/

	$(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/b43-fwcutter -w $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/firmware/ $(@D)/$(B43_FIRMWARE_DRIVER_FILE)

endef



$(eval $(generic-package))