[Mageia-dev] RFC: dropping prebuilt broadcom-wl drivers

Kamil Rytarowski n54 at gmx.com
Thu Dec 27 02:33:29 CET 2012


On 26.12.2012 23:54, Thomas Backlund wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm thinking of dropping the nonfree prebuilt broadcom-wl drivers
> (and thereby their "support" from live images)
>
> This means also dropping them from ldetect-lst, and if we keep/add
> some there, it must be for specific reason and on sub-vendor/device
> level to not force the wl stuff on everyone...
>
> The rationale is:
[...]
> 6. dkms-broadcom-wl will still be available on mirrors and
>    on traditional install dvds in nonfree section
>    (new feature for mga3)
As far as 6 is actual, I am OK with it.

My hardware is working only with the propriatary drivers and dkms 
packages are sufficient.


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