Broadcom hybrid_wl driver

[Chris Nolan]

Jarod Wilson wrote:
> Used what I believe were the same bits I used on the AppleTV, and the
> performance was even worse than w/hybrid_wl, and ultimately, the
> connection completely died. Need to try with another (newer) driver (the
> one Dell actually published for the card).
>   
> [...]
>
> I'd lean that way too. Dunno if kernel version could be pertinent
> (latest rawhide here).
>
>   

Using latest F9 stable here but as I said, not really in a position to 
test throughput speed, unless you know of any tools that may be of use?

> Huh. ndiswrapper worked just fine with WPA2 and NetworkManager for me,
> both on the AppleTV and on the Mini ('tis how I connected before the
> connection went belly-up).
>   

This doesn't surprise me, I know of other people that have seemingly the 
exact same setup as me and NM/ndiswrapper/WPA works fine for them. But 
for me, on both F8 and F9 through all kernel versions and with fresh 
installs of everything I could never consistently connect to WPA networks.

>> (FWIW I've got a 4328 chipset on x86_64).
>>     
>
> No you don't. :)
>
> lspci lies, someone screwed up the name for device id 4328. The 4321 and
> 4322 typically sit behind a bridge that has device id 4328, or something
> like that, there isn't actually a BCM4328. I believe the bridge is
> what's driven by the ssb driver.
>
>   

Thanks thats good to know and clears up a lot of confusion! Any idea how 
I can probe what the actual chipset is? Apple's System Profiler 
unhelpfully refers to it as "Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (4.170.46.11)"

Best
Chris