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<H1>[Mageia-dev] RFC: dropping prebuilt broadcom-wl drivers</H1>
<B>Thomas Backlund</B>
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<I>Thu Dec 27 13:58:11 CET 2012</I>
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<PRE>Kamil Rytarowski skrev 27.12.2012 03:33:
><i> On 26.12.2012 23:54, Thomas Backlund wrote:
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</I>>><i> Hi,
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</I>>><i> I'm thinking of dropping the nonfree prebuilt broadcom-wl drivers
</I>>><i> (and thereby their "support" from live images)
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</I>>><i> This means also dropping them from ldetect-lst, and if we keep/add
</I>>><i> some there, it must be for specific reason and on sub-vendor/device
</I>>><i> level to not force the wl stuff on everyone...
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> The rationale is:
</I>><i> [...]
</I>>><i> 6. dkms-broadcom-wl will still be available on mirrors and
</I>>><i> on traditional install dvds in nonfree section
</I>>><i> (new feature for mga3)
</I>><i> As far as 6 is actual, I am OK with it.
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</I>><i> My hardware is working only with the propriatary drivers and dkms
</I>><i> packages are sufficient.
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Are you sure this is still the case ?
what is the output of "lspcidrake -v" for that device ?
--
Thomas
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