Bug#580883: Allow 14e4:4320, it works
severity 580883 wishlist
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Hi,
On Sat, May 08, 2010 at 03:41:00PM +0200, Jörg Sommer wrote:
> I've a Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
> (rev 03) and it works fine with the fireware used by this package. I've
> downloaded and extracted it by hand.
Ah, the old fun of reusing PCI IDs.
14e14:4320 can be BCM4320/2 (b43legacy driver!) and BCM4306/3 (b43).. See Homepage:
> And you should not block the installation of the package, if the suitable
> hardware is not present. If you user wishs to install this fireware he
> should get it. When it's unused and his device still doesn't work, it's
> the problem of the user, he selected the wrong package.
Who then complain about b43 not working or even report a bug here because it
deos not work - instead of against the kernel.
(BTDT with when b43-fwcutter had the "extract firmware?" question)
Grüße/Regards,
René
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