Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (551 mails)

[Roger Luedecke <roger.luedecke@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday, May 27, 2011 03:03:08 PM Jeff Mahoney wrote:
> On 05/27/2011 05:51 PM, Roger Luedecke wrote:
> > On Friday, May 27, 2011 09:41:52 AM Bruno Friedmann wrote:
> > > On 05/27/2011 04:45 PM, Jeff Mahoney wrote:
> > > > On 05/27/2011 05:55 AM, Greg KH wrote:
> > > > > On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 11:22:20AM +0200, Bruno Friedmann wrote:
> > > > > > On 05/27/2011 02:23 AM, Roman Bysh wrote:
> > > > > > > On 05/26/2011 04:19 PM, Roger Luedecke wrote:
> > > > > > > > Gobi_loader is a crucial component for people using gobi chipsets
> > > > > > > > for mobile broadband. It seems like an odd oversight to not have
> > > > > > > > it included on the .iso much less in official repos.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I'm considering buying one of the newer Lenovo Thinkpad T series
> > > > > > > notebooks. It would be great that we include the Gobi loader in the
> > > > > > > official repo.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Can we not get an "out of the box" installation working for the
> > > > > > > Thinkpad series? How is it that Ubuntu can have special cds that are
> > > > > > > certified just for these notebooks?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > We were able to get full support for Samsung. Can we do this for the
> > > > > > > Thinkpads?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Cheers!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Roman
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I was discussing with someone on linkedin about that
> > > > > > http://www.linkedin.com/e/s53ep8-
> >
> > go5mrl13-41/vaq/55050934/145239/403523
> >
> > > > > > 78/view_disc/
> > > > >
> > > > > That's not possible to see unless you are a member of linkedin :(
> > > > >
> > > > > > Ubuntu has the ability to push any proprietary software as they want.
> > > > > > Not us. We have to do with that.
> > > > >
> > > > > Since when is support for the laptop "proprietary software"?
> > > >
> > > > Support for the WWAN chip is. It's the one that requires proprietary
> > > > firmware from Qualcomm.
> > > >
> > > > -Jeff
> > >
> > > Uh Greg sorry, my mistake about the linkedin link post. (I've stamp my
> > > brain to double check link with another anoymous browser before posting
> > > here)
> > >
> > > Good resume was done by Jeff, we just need a way to get the firmware
> > > available in a user friendly way in openSUSE. which is what gobi_lodaer
> > > is attempt to resolve.
> > >
> > > I totally agree about the integration, test, support should come from
> > > us. Could be my case if I can get my new lappy but this is at least a 1
> > > month and a half delay.
> > >
> > >
> > > Resume of the post from linkedin
> > >
> > > Look at here for the latest drivers
> > > https://www.codeaurora.org/patches/quic/gobi/ dated from 18/19 May
> > >
> > > Also an interesting page
> > > http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Qualcomm_Gobi_2000 with a lots of
> > > information for 2000 series and most of them should apply to 3000
> > > series.
> > >
> > > Perhaps those small package is all what you need
http://software.opensuse.org/search?q=gobi&baseproject=openSUSE%3A11.4&la
> > ng
> >
> > > =en&exclude_debug=true I can't confirm without the device to test it,
> > > but seems to be the solution.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, I've to wait to get a new laptop with 3000 chipset
> > > inside. My choice is not yet made against a new Dell Precision M6600 or
> > > hp 8760w or Lenovo W702.
> > >
> > > /end
> >
> > No, gobi_loader loads the firmware from a direcctory. It does not
> > retrieve any firmware. In order to get firmware in a friendly way, we
> > either need a wizard that can pull from the Windows partition, or make a
> > deal with qualcomm.
>
> Or pull it from the 'net like we do with the broadcom firmware cutter
> package.
>
> -Jeff
THat would save a bunch of people a load of trouble.
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