On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 18:02:24 +0930 Karl Goetz <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, could someone with a badcom card please try and reproduce this > bug[1]? > > What I'm hoping to know is; > - Does it happen to you > - what kernel module is causing the message > > [1] http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00308 > kk >
Yes It did until I added the free firmware. It is a message stored in /drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c (in 2.6.28.1 row 1998) KFV link http://wiki.gnewsense.org/Kernel/Ubuntu-hardy-linux-2-6-24-12-22--drivers--net--wireless--b43 A patch for the later kernels who can use the free (2.6.28 looks like it can) could be to just replace this with something nicer telling the user how to install the OpenFWWF firmware. text = "You must install the openfwwf firmware, instructions can be found at NiceGnewsenseWikiPage\n"; And it do look quite possible to patch the module so It won't be able to load the non-free firmware. Just replacing what is said in main.c:2302 inside that else with something similar to: b43err( dev->wl, "Sorry the firmware your trying to use is not supported since it's non-free\n" ); goto error; -- Patrik Lembke www: http://blambi.chebab.com/ jabber: [email protected] GnuPG-key: http://gpg.chebab.com/8FA11A15.asc
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