Re: [gentoo-user] b43-legacy and newer linux kernels?

2010-08-14 Thread Mick
On Friday 13 August 2010 19:24:08 Bill Longman wrote: On 08/13/2010 10:58 AM, BRM wrote: - Original Message On 13 August 2010 09:08, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:10:02 -0700 (PDT), BRM wrote: but even so - they are saying this has to be done

Re: [gentoo-user] b43-legacy and newer linux kernels?

2010-08-14 Thread Mick
On Saturday 14 August 2010 11:18:17 you wrote: On Friday 13 August 2010 19:24:08 Bill Longman wrote: On 08/13/2010 10:58 AM, BRM wrote: - Original Message On 13 August 2010 09:08, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:10:02 -0700 (PDT), BRM wrote:

[gentoo-user] b43-legacy and newer linux kernels?

2010-08-13 Thread BRM
I have a laptop that has been running Linux Kernel 2.6.30 Gentoo-R8 (gentoo sources, don't remember which version) for a while. It has a Broadcom 4306 Rev 2 wireless card that has been working well with that kernel. I extracted the firmware from the broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5 blob a while ago

Re: [gentoo-user] b43-legacy and newer linux kernels?

2010-08-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:10:02 -0700 (PDT), BRM wrote: but even so - they are saying this has to be done on every reboot, and that's not much of a solution. Put the commands in /etc/conf.d/local.start, or the start section of /etc/conf.d/local if using baselayout2. -- Neil Bothwick If you

Re: [gentoo-user] b43-legacy and newer linux kernels?

2010-08-13 Thread Mick
On 13 August 2010 09:08, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:10:02 -0700 (PDT), BRM wrote: but even so - they are saying this has to be done on every reboot, and that's not much of a solution. Put the commands in /etc/conf.d/local.start, or the start section of

Re: [gentoo-user] b43-legacy and newer linux kernels?

2010-08-13 Thread BRM
- Original Message On 13 August 2010 09:08, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:10:02 -0700 (PDT), BRM wrote: but even so - they are saying this has to be done on every reboot, and that's not much of a solution. Put the commands in

Re: [gentoo-user] b43-legacy and newer linux kernels?

2010-08-13 Thread Bill Longman
On 08/13/2010 10:58 AM, BRM wrote: - Original Message On 13 August 2010 09:08, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:10:02 -0700 (PDT), BRM wrote: but even so - they are saying this has to be done on every reboot, and that's not much of a solution. Put