Bug 652801 - MacBook Pro wireless should work out of the box after LiveCD install
Summary: MacBook Pro wireless should work out of the box after LiveCD install
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Status: CLOSED CANTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 14
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Kernel Maintainer List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-11-12 19:53 UTC by Marius Andreiana
Modified: 2011-08-31 16:37 UTC (History)
9 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2011-08-31 16:37:51 UTC
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2010-11-12 19:53 UTC, Marius Andreiana 		no flags Details
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Description Marius Andreiana 2010-11-12 19:53:58 UTC 
Created attachment 460143 [details]
lspci

Description of problem:
MacBook Pro wireless doesn't work out of the box

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Click on network icon in gnome. 
  
Actual results:
See only Wired and VPN options available, no wireless.

Expected results:
Wireless

Additional info:
Wireless works after
yum -y install  akmod-wl akmods kmod-wl

Please include these in Fedora Live CD.
Comment 1 Peter Lemenkov 2011-03-06 11:09:03 UTC 
Theoretically this can be fixed by enabling brcm80211 driver (available in staging)
Comment 2 Chris Smart 2011-03-06 11:44:54 UTC 
I don't think that it is possible to ship these broadcom drivers pre-built against a Fedora kernel, as they are not GPLv2. Peter's suggestion seems more hopeful.

http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php

-c
Comment 3 Josh Boyer 2011-08-31 16:37:51 UTC 
Fedora doesn't enable staging, and we cannot include the wl driver.  When the brcm80211 driver moves into mainline, we'll be sure to enable it in Fedora.
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