On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz> wrote:
On Thu, 06 May 2010 11:05:54 -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
const char text[] = - "You must go to " \ - "http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware " \ - "and download the correct firmware for this driver version. " \ - "Please carefully read all instructions on this website.\n"; + "If you have Internet access with Linux, please open a " \ + "terminal and enter the command " \ + "\"sudo /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware\" to download " \ + " the correct firmware for this driver version. " \ + "If you do not have Internel access, " \ ^^^^^^^^ Interne_t_ + "http://forums.opensuse.org/get-help-here/wireless/" + "309432-welcome.html has instructions on how to download" \ + " from another machine.\n";
I don't think hardcoding a link to a forum into the kernel is a good idea. Creating a page on openSUSE wiki and linking that could have a greater chance to survive the next web reshuffling.
(Oh well, we've been missing a generic solution for reporting missing firmware to user for quite some time...)
Thanks,
Jiri
-- Jiri Benc SUSE Labs
There is a existing wiki page dedicated to the Broadcom's http://en.opensuse.org/HCL/Network_Adapters_%28Wireless%29/Broadcom_BCM43xx I don't know if it has the alternate download instructions, but easy to add and link to. (No I'm not volunteering, but I've worked on that page before so I knew it existed.) Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+help@opensuse.org