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RT2860STA.dat
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regarding rt2860-source: Generated packages don't install RT2860STA.dat
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Package: rt2860-source
Version: 1.8.0.0-1
Severity: normal
Nor does the README.Debian document where to put it. This file
appears to be critical to getting it to work correctly.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages rt2860-source depends on:
ii bzip2 1.0.5-1 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii debhelper 7.0.17 helper programs for debian/rules
ii make 3.81-5 The GNU version of the "make" util
ii module-assistant 0.10.11.0 tool to make module package creati
rt2860-source recommends no packages.
Versions of packages rt2860-source suggests:
pn kernel-package <none> (no description available)
-- no debconf information
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-=| Eric Cooper, Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 08:36:42PM -0400 |=-
> > The module works for me without RT2860STA.dat in /etc. I guess
> > wpa_supplicant/network-manager/whoever deals with the driver via the
> > wlan kernel interface sufficiently good.
> >
> > Any extra features should be available by using iwpriv, no?
> >
> > And if you ask me, having a kernel module depend on a file in /etc
> > seems terribly broken.
>
> Agreed. I saw that the bug had been closed simply because the package
> wasn't in Debian (at that time), not for any good reason. But these
> reasons are good enough for me.
OK. Closing the bug then. Thanks for following up.
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