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Added Broadcom Wireless Chipset Support

Registered by Bryan Basil on 2009-05-16

Broadcom wireless chipsets in laptops have little to no Linux support, and configuring them can leave a bad taste in a user's mouth. For an operating system that is considered overall more user-friendly than other Linux operating systems, support for such a common chipset is essential.

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Bug #124159: Broadcom bcm43xx Wireless driver regression in gutsy	Invalid
Bug #191726: [Hardy] Broadcom 43xx chipset family Wireless doesn't work	Confirmed
Bug #203819: Broadcom bcm4312 wireless not detected at all	Expired
Bug #219775: [regression] intrepid Broadcom B43 wireless driver not enabled by default - unable to be installed through Hardware Drivers	Expired
Bug #292450: Broadcom STA/wl driver causes random kernel panics	Fix Released

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