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

[Thomas Backlund]

Wolfgang Bornath skrev 27.12.2012 16:49:
> 2012/12/27 Thomas Backlund <tmb at mageia.org>:
>> Wolfgang Bornath skrev 27.12.2012 16:29:
>>
>>> 2012/12/27 Thomas Backlund <tmb at mageia.org>:
>>>>
>>>> Wolfgang Bornath skrev 27.12.2012 16:04:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 2012/12/27 Thomas Backlund <tmb at mageia.org>:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> can you provide either "lspcidrake -v" or "lspci -vnn" for that device
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> # lspcidrake -v |grep Broadcom
>>>>> wl   : Broadcom Corporation | BCN4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [NETWORK_OTHER]
>>>>> (vendor:14e4 device:4315 subv:14e4 subd:04b5) (rev 1)
>>>>>
>>>>> That's it
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks. that shows the subvendor/device ids.
>>>> The 4312 ones are problematic iirc...
>>>>
>>>> Now for some tests...
>>>
>>>
>>> In which mode do you want me to do that ?
>>>    - live mode
>>
>>
>> This wont work as you need to reboot to make sure the hw is in "good
>> state" , wich will make the "uninstall part" useless.
>
> Ok, that was clear.
>
>>
>>>    - installed without net access (through additional cable)
>>>    - installed with net access (through additional cable) ?
>> you dont need cable access for the first part (1-4) but need
>> cable access (or beta1 install dvd) for second part (5-8)
>>
>> after configuration step you obviously need to disconnect the
>> cable  to verify that it works with wireless.
>>
>> And you dont need to do a new install to test this,
>> a current installed/updated cauldron system should be enough.
>
> Ah, I need to do a new because I only have one system with this device
> :( So I just start from fresh,
>   - first with non-free disabled and reboot,
>   - then non-free enabled with reboot
>

Hm, is that system running mga2 ?

I wonder if I should create 2 test livecds to ease testing
right now, one without broadcom-wl, and the other
with broadcom-wl and in-kernel drivers blacklisted...

--
Thomas