Hi Larry, just as I am using openSuSE 11.0 with two b43-cards, I drop some comments to your questions below.
Larry Finger schrieb: > OpenSUSE 11.0 was recently released with a 2.6.25 kernel. The default > drivers for Broadcom wireless devices switched from bcm43xx to b43 and > b43legacy, which meant that nearly every user had to reinstall their > firmware, even if they upgraded from 10.3. The distribution includes a > compiled copy of b43-fwcutter, and a script to download the Broadcom > driver files, extract the firmware, and install it; however, the > presence of this script is not well publicized. Many of those with > problems had found the b43 page at linux-wireless, but still had > problems for the usual reasons. > > To help with the problems, I am considering adding a new section to > the b43 web page describing such distro aids for firmware > installation, which brings 2 questions to mind: > > (1) Is this a good idea? Well, yes. I think so. As I am an experienced user I just had a look at the b43-page just before installing openSuSE 11.0 and burned the firmware to CD, so I could do my network installation :) So, what should be mentioned is something like: Download Firmware x for Distro y and run fwcutter. As the rest is already on the page :) > (2) If so, what other distros offer similar aids/tools? Unfortunately I don't know by self-experience, but as far as I know Ubuntu is at least discussing something like that: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/5412/ Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
