[Bug 554823] New: automate b43-fwcutter
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554823 Summary: automate b43-fwcutter Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.3 Version: Factory Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Network AssignedTo: cstender@novell.com ReportedBy: mzugec@novell.com QAContact: qa@suse.de CC: vbotka@novell.com Found By: --- For b43 wireless drivers we have b43-fwcutter to fetch firware. But this process is not automated. I suggest to execute /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware as package postinstall script (something similar we have with MS fonts). As workaround we have this implemented in YaST (Factory version) - when you configure such device, you're asked to install && execute this fetcher. But for example NetworkManager users don't use YaST - they should to do that manually. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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Christopher Stender
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--- Comment #4 from Christopher Stender
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Vladimir Botka
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--- Comment #6 from Rastislav Krupansky
I take over. I will work on it if there will be any time.
Thanks a lot. That would be great. I appreciate it. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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Mariusz Fik
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Vladimir Botka
Open Source firmware is licensed on GPLv2. Would it be possible to point me to the license statement ?
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--- Comment #10 from Mariusz Fik
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--- Comment #11 from Vladimir Botka
http://www.ing.unibs.it/openfwwf/ <snip> * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
Thank you ! You got the package already according to the Comment #8. Would it be possible to submit the package into the driver:wireless ? Or just point me to your package. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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--- Comment #12 from Mariusz Fik
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--- Comment #14 from Rastislav Krupansky
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--- Comment #15 from Rastislav Krupansky
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Vladimir Botka
Btw, Broadcom releasing fully open-source wifi driver.
Yes, everybody's very exited about that ! Is the firmware OS too ? Then we do not need the b43-fwcutter anymore. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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Vladimir Botka
It looks ok to me. Make a request to factory to actually start the review process.
From the source-code it seems that the firmware shall be downloaded.
/staging-next-2.6/drivers/staging/bcm> grep fw_ Adapter.h struct semaphore fw_download_sema; BOOLEAN fw_download_done; wait_queue_head_t ioctl_fw_dnld_wait_queue; BOOLEAN waiting_to_fw_download_done; pid_t fw_download_process_pid; -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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--- Comment #19 from Ciaran Farrell
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--- Comment #20 from Rastislav Krupansky
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Btw, Broadcom releasing fully open-source wifi driver.
Yes, everybody's very exited about that ! Is the firmware OS too ? Then we do not need the b43-fwcutter anymore.
It seems like we need the b43-fwcutter so far, because it supports only 802.11n BCM4313, BCM43224, and BCM43225 chipsets. In my case i have 802.11g BCM 4318. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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--- Comment #21 from Vladimir Botka
It seems like we need the b43-fwcutter so far
The b43-fwcutter will stay in the distribution. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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