Thread: How to install driver for Broadcom Wireless Adapter

i have installed ubuntu 11.10 on dell inspiron e1505. there no driver wireless adapter provided ubuntu, downloaded driver broadcom: 802.11 linux sta driver. when run make, following:

sudo make
kbuild_nopedantic=1 make -c /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build m=`pwd`
make[1]: entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.0.0-12-generic'
wireless extension possible api kernel version using wireless extension api
ld /lib/modules/3.0.0-12-generic/hybrid_wl/built-in.o
cc [m] /lib/modules/3.0.0-12-generic/hybrid_wl/src/shared/linux_osl.o
cc [m] /lib/modules/3.0.0-12-generic/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o
cc [m] /lib/modules/3.0.0-12-generic/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.o
cc [m] /lib/modules/3.0.0-12-generic/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211.o
ld [m] /lib/modules/3.0.0-12-generic/hybrid_wl/wl.o
ld: relocatable linking relocations format elf32-i386 (/lib/modules/3.0.0-12-generic/hybrid_wl/lib/wlc_hybrid.o_shipped) format elf64-x86-64 (/lib/modules/3.0.0-12-generic/hybrid_wl/wl.o) not supported
make[2]: *** [/lib/modules/3.0.0-12-generic/hybrid_wl/wl.o] error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/lib/modules/3.0.0-12-generic/hybrid_wl] error 2
make[1]: leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.0.0-12-generic'
make: *** [all] error 2

doing wrong?

i believe saw in other posts broadcom

think need tell make using 64 bit

code:

make target=x86_64-elf

ill digging , see if can find

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