Hi Ben, On Thu, 2011-11-24 at 04:54 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote: > Fabrizio, > > The newest versions of the b43 firmware (version 598 and higher) will > only work with Linux 3.2 or later. Unfortunately, the upstream > developers of b43 and b43-fwcutter have *not* changed the file name used > for the firmware, which means there is no good way to have both old and > new versions coinstalled. (It is possible to do, because udev will look > in /lib/firmware/$(uname -r) as well as /lib/firmware. But those > directories would have to be populated for each installed kernel > version.) > > If and when you intend to update b43-fwcutter to use a new firmware > version, please discuss it with the kernel team first so we can work out > how best to deal with the compatibility problem. Or, even better, try > to convince the upstream developers to fix the file naming. Totally agree. When 3.2 kernel will be available on sid, we can discuss about best solution for updating b43-fwcutter package. Thanks for the advice. Cheers, Fabrizio.
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