Mark [2010.04.13 1542 -0700]: > Hi, > > I'm considering purchasing a new laptop like this one > http://www.thelinuxlaptop.com/viper-linux-laptop.php which uses a Dell > Wireless 1490 card a.k.a. bcm4310. I've used b43-fwcutter with great > results on older dell bcm43xx cards in Lenny but bcm4310 is not listed here > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#Supported_chip_types. I'm > also curious about the video card (intel graphics media accelerator x4500hd) > but that appears to be supported based on what I've read. > I don't know about this particular card, but I got a Dell 1505 (BCM 4323) to work with the Linux driver available from Broadcom (Google Broadcom STA linux). This is not an open-source driver. Some part of it is, another part is a binary blob, but it worked beautifully for me.
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