[Bug 457030] New: Create a YaST module to manage "restricted drivers"
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457030 User andrea@opensuse.org added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457030#c441459 Summary: Create a YaST module to manage "restricted drivers" Product: openSUSE 11.1 Version: RC 1 Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Enhancement Priority: P5 - None Component: Usability AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: andrea@opensuse.org QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- I was thinking: what about a YaST module that if detect hardware that need "restricted" drivers to work properly ask the user to enable a repository where that drivers are hosted? why that? simply because for example we have hardware that works better with proprietary drivers (like madwifi, broadcom-wl and others) but cannot be installed out of the box because of their licence (example bug #441459) ---attention--- broadcom-wl can be redistribuite, but you cannot edit binary proprietary part, the source code provided instead, can be edited to allow compilation on all kernels. btw it works better that b43, b43legacy, bcm43xx or ndiswrapper... ---end attention--- any way, that may allow the user to choose to install a proprietary driver, and you do not care about "gpl problems" because the default installation do not include this drivers, and the repo that have the is DISABLED by default -- 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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andrea martin
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