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

[Thomas Backlund]

Kamil Rytarowski skrev 27.12.2012 03:33:
> 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.

Are you sure this is still the case ?

what is the output of "lspcidrake -v" for that device ?

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Thomas