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Done. +</I>><i> +</I>>><i> And I have one concern... +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> have you checked that b43 supports _all_ the hw that wl supports ? +</I>>><i> (I haven't checked it) +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> If not, this change will cause a regression for those that would need wl. +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> Are you talking about wl closed source module driver? It does not use this +</I>><i> firmware files, and do not match all the hardware b43 matches (I happen to have +</I>><i> also one card that uses it, thanks to dkms-broadcom-wl ) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Or you talk about b43 hardware for which openfwwf firmware will not work? +</I>><i> According to this pages all working b43 hardware accepts this firmware, except +</I>><i> some PCMCIA which were worked on. +</I>><i> +</I> +I'm talking about this: +<A HREF="http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#Support">http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#Support</A> + +There are several ids that are listed as supported by wl, +but their b43 counterpart states either "untested", "partially in +2.6.39+" and so on... + +And since Mageia 1 ships 2.6.38, it means switching driver in drakx +can/will break something that worked in the release tests. + +Providing the openfwwf rpms for Mageia 1 is safe, and adding errata info +how to use them is also... +but changing drakx-net is not regression-free, +so I'm not convinced we should do it. + +As for doing it in Cauldron, its ok both from kernel side and from +testing standpoint... + +Maybe others have other opinion. + +><i> <A HREF="http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#Supported_devices">http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#Supported_devices</A> +</I>><i> <A HREF="http://www.ing.unibs.it/~openfwwf/">http://www.ing.unibs.it/~openfwwf/</A> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I don't know if we can do better : +</I>><i> 1- try open source firmware +</I>><i> 2- ask for windows driver if 1 did not work? +</I> +That would be nice, but I'm not sure it's worth rewriting parts of the +installer for a already released product. + +For cauldron that could be an option. + +-- +Thomas +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="008956.html">[Mageia-dev] [changelog] [RPM] cauldron core/release ldetect-lst-0.1.292-2.1.mga2 +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="008965.html">[Mageia-dev] [changelog] [RPM] cauldron core/release ldetect-lst-0.1.292-2.1.mga2 +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#8959">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#8959">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#8959">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#8959">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |