[Mageia-dev] Fw: Wifi

Sat Mar 23 19:17:37 CET 2013

On 03/23/2013 05:42 PM, Jose Jorge wrote:
+> Are you sure it is the same problem? The little info says not wl driver :
+
+not at all (- (but my guess is: probably yes)
+
+All these people have problems configuring their wl driver, and are 
+ready to test new wl software (re little info: have a look at the 
+bugzilla reports) - I just tried to make a list in response to what 
+David Hodgins said on testing a fix as soon as it becomes available.
+
+The primary problem I see is that in Mageia, two different approaches 
+for configuring drivers are available. Some hardware works with one, 
+some with the other, some with neither (and in some instances where one 
+does works, the other one interferes with negative consequences). I have 
+seen several opinions which approach to pursue - maybe the fundamental 
+problem still needs more clarification.
+
+Questions seem to be (1) why does one (or both) driver(s) for BCMxxx not 
+work (in an ideal work, both should work, and the user should be able to 
+pick one or the other) and (2) as long as the 2 approaches are available 
+side-to-side, how/why do they interfere with each other and how can that 
+be kept under control and (3) what will Mageia suggest as a solution 
+that works out of the box for Mageia 3 and what approach does Mageia 
+prefer at mid-range (not necessarily the same) - the Jason Kaiser email 
+puts the user aspect of the problem into a nutshell.
+
+Afterthought: an appropriate reply to Jason could be: this is cauldron 
+and still a pre-release ...
+
+