[Mageia-dev] Fw: Wifi

[Juergen Harms]

On 03/23/2013 05:42 PM, Jose Jorge wrote:
> Are you sure it is the same problem? The little info says not wl driver :

not at all (- (but my guess is: probably yes)

All these people have problems configuring their wl driver, and are 
ready to test new wl software (re little info: have a look at the 
bugzilla reports) - I just tried to make a list in response to what 
David Hodgins said on testing a fix as soon as it becomes available.

The primary problem I see is that in Mageia, two different approaches 
for configuring drivers are available. Some hardware works with one, 
some with the other, some with neither (and in some instances where one 
does works, the other one interferes with negative consequences). I have 
seen several opinions which approach to pursue - maybe the fundamental 
problem still needs more clarification.

Questions seem to be (1) why does one (or both) driver(s) for BCMxxx not 
work (in an ideal work, both should work, and the user should be able to 
pick one or the other) and (2) as long as the 2 approaches are available 
side-to-side, how/why do they interfere with each other and how can that 
be kept under control and (3) what will Mageia suggest as a solution 
that works out of the box for Mageia 3 and what approach does Mageia 
prefer at mid-range (not necessarily the same) - the Jason Kaiser email 
puts the user aspect of the problem into a nutshell.

Afterthought: an appropriate reply to Jason could be: this is cauldron 
and still a pre-release ...