Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: module-init-tools
In restricted-manager we now support installing firmware for bcm43xx. It
would be nice to enable the module without the need for rebooting. For
that I absolutely want to avoid rmmod bcm43xx, though. Although it
should be relatively safe when the driver does not have firmware and
does not work anyway, rmmod'ing modules is not recommended in general,
and my laptop just crashes if I rmmod it while network-manager is
running (that happens with installed fw though).
The best solution would be to have modprobe bcm43xx fail if there is no
firmware. After all, it does not work anyway and just confuses people.
I wrote a small modprobe.d script that uses a relatively generic /sbin
/module-check-firmware script.
** Affects: module-init-tools (Ubuntu)
Importance: Low
Assignee: Martin Pitt
Status: New
** Changed in: module-init-tools (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Low
Assignee: (unassigned) => Martin Pitt
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test availability of firmware for bcm43xx
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/121504
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