b43legacy

Basic information

• Module name(s): b43legacy
• Authorship tag: community
• License governing driver source code: GPL
• Status: in-kernel

Function

• MAC architecture / mode: SoftMAC
• Driver framework(s): mac80211
• Firmware status tags: required
• Firmware license tags: redistribution not permitted, b43-fwcutter + Windows drivers needed, closed source

Limitations / unimplemented functionality NOS

• Currently missing functionality: 5GHz support
• Notable limitations:

Supported modes

• STA (Station) mode: supported
• IBSS (Ad-Hoc) mode: supported
• AP (Master) mode: supported
• Mesh (802.11s) mode: unknown
• P2P mode: unsupported
• Monitor mode: supported
• Packet injection: supported

Hardware covered

Supported chips

• BCM4301, BCM4306, BCM4309

Supported (probably) devices

	Interface	FCC ID	Manuf.	Vendor ID	Device ID	Chip1_model	PHY modes	MIMO config	OUI	FCC_date
ASUS WL-103b	PCMCIA (32-bit)			14e4	4301	BCM4301	b			2003-09-09
ASUS WL-120	Mini PCI					BCM4301	b		00:E0:18 00:0C:6E	2003-04-22
BroMax MW300	PCI					BCM4307	b			2002-08-01
Broadcom BCM94301CB	PCMCIA (32-bit)					BCM4301	b			2002-11-26
Broadcom BCM94301MP	Mini PCI					BCM4301	b			2002-08-23
Broadcom BCM94301MPL	Mini PCI					BCM4301	b			2003-08-05
D-Link WCB-B11	PCMCIA (32-bit)					BCM4307	b			2002-06-14
Gemtek WL-352BW	Mini PCI		Gemtek			BCM4301	b			2002-11-26
Gemtek WL-611B	PCMCIA (16-bit)		Gemtek			BCM4301	b			2002-11-11
Linksys WMP11 v2.7	PCI	PKW-WMP11-V27 O6M-MW300	BroMax	14e4	4301	BCM4307	b			2002-08-07
MSI CB11B (MS-6802)	PCMCIA (16-bit)					BCM4301	b			2003-03-21
MSI Netdancer 6804 (MS-6804)	Mini PCI					BCM4301	b			2003-08-06
MSI PC11B (MS-6807)	PCI			14e4	4301	BCM4301	b			2003-05-13
Siemens SS1024 v2	PCI		BroMax	14e4	4301	BCM4307	b		00:02:DD	2002-08-01
ZyXEL ZyAIR B-300	PCI			14e4	4301	BCM4301	b

External links

• On the Linux Wireless Wiki
• On the Debian Wiki
• b43-dev mailing list