[Mageia-dev] RFC: dropping prebuilt broadcom-wl drivers

Thu Dec 27 18:54:09 CET 2012

2012/12/27 Wolfgang Bornath <molch.b at googlemail.com>:
+> 2012/12/27 Thomas Backlund <tmb at mageia.org>:
+>> Thomas Backlund skrev 27.12.2012 17:01:
+>>
+>>
+>>>
+>>> I wonder if I should create 2 test livecds to ease testing
+>>> right now, one without broadcom-wl, and the other
+>>> with broadcom-wl and in-kernel drivers blacklisted...
+>>>
+>>
+>> And so I did :)
+>>
+>> Theese are exactly the same as the official beta1 isos,
+>> with only exceptions are the broadcom-wl tests:
+>>
+>> * No broadcom-wl drivers on iso, and no "wl" entries in ldetect-lst:
+>> http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/Mageia/people/tmb/mga3-beta1-wl-test/Mageia-3-beta1-no-wl-LiveCD-KDE4-en-i586-CD/
+>>
+>>
+>> * broadcom-wl drivers on iso, "wl" entries  in ldetect-lst,
+>>   in-kernel drivers blacklisted:
+>> http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/Mageia/people/tmb/mga3-beta1-wl-test/Mageia-3-beta1-wl-LiveCD-KDE4-en-i586-CD/
+>>
+>>
+>> And you can soon find them on any Mageia mirror in:
+>>
+>> people/tmb/mga3-beta1-wl-test
+>
+> Thx for the extra work, I had to re-install anyway, am in the middle to do so-
+>
+> My first attempt is without actiyated non-free which should tell something-
+>
+> After that I will use the usb stick with enabled non-free and checl
+> again. all without cable-
+>
+
+Ok, so now I am at the point where I try to configure wifi without any
+additional media than the core repository-
+The correct wifi is found but the system says that there are
+additionaöl software and drivers needed (namely broadcom-wl) which I
+may find in non-free or elsewhere. Just as expected.
+
+Reboot.
+
+Now could I use the same installation to upgrade and use the same usb
+stick, just activating the core plus non-free ? Or do I have to redo
+the whole instatallotion?
+
+-- 
+wobo
+