Larry, -----Original Message----- >From: Larry Finger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Jun 23, 2008 6:28 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Cc: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Distro support for firmware installation > >Christophe Giboudeaux wrote: >> Le Monday 23 June 2008 23:37:47 Larry Finger, vous avez écrit : >>> (1) Is this a good idea? >> >> Yes, but someone upgrading from <distro shipping bcm43xx> to <distro only >> shipping b43> won't be able to read this section :-) > >Unless they have a working Internet connection, they won't be able to >get the Broadcom driver anyway. > >>> (2) If so, what other distros offer similar aids/tools? >>> >> Ubuntu and Debian have such a script in /usr/share/b43- >> fwcutter/install_bcm43xx_firmware.sh (provided by the b43-fwcutter package) > >Thanks for the info. The instructions for openSUSE, Ubuntu and Debian >are now included. Please suggest any wording changes.
Here is the link to the Gentoo way: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-547687-start-0.html First post in the thread contain instructions... Thank you. > >Larry > >_______________________________________________ >Bcm43xx-dev mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
