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===Linux config===
<pre class="config">
Device Drivers --->
[*] Network device support
Wireless LAN --->
[*] Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11)
<M> Marvell 8xxx Libertas WLAN driver support
< > Marvell Libertas 8388 USB 802.11b/g cards (NEW)
<M> Marvell Libertas 8385 and 8686 SDIO 802.11b/g cards
[*] Enable full debugging output in the Libertas module.
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		+
		+	===Firmware (manual install)===
		+	These firmware can be manually downloaded and installed:
		+	* get them from David's Woodhouse linux-firmware git repository:
		+	<pre class="host">
		+	$ cd somewhere_with_free_space/
		+	$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git linux-firmware_git
		+	</pre>
		+	* copy them (version v8) to you TFTP directory (here ''/tftpboot/''):
		+	<pre class="host">
		+	$ cp linux-firmware_git/libertas/sd8686_v8.bin /tftpboot/
		+	$ cp linux-firmware_git/libertas/sd8686_v8_helper.bin /tftpboot/
		+	</pre>
		+	* install them on your target (here 192.168.1.2 is my Host IP address):
		+	<pre class="apf">
		+	# mkdir -p /lib/firmware/
		+	# cd /lib/firmware/
		+	# tftp -g -r sd8686_v8.bin -l sd8686.bin 192.168.1.2
		+	# tftp -g -r sd8686_v8_helper.bin -l sd8686_helper.bin 192.168.1.2
		+	# ls -al /lib/firmware/
		+	drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Jan 1 01:01 .
		+	drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 0 Dec 30 2009 ..
		+	-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 122800 Jan 1 01:00 sd8686.bin
		+	-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2464 Jan 1 01:01 sd8686_helper.bin
		+	</pre>
		+
		+	{{Note\| You can also try official firmwares got at Marvell website (see Links above)}}

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