Re: 2.6.31 kernels

[Colin <cwvca_SPAMNOT@hotmail.com>]

Alex Samad wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 08, 2009 at 10:27:22AM -0200, Cassiano Leal wrote:
> > 2009/11/7 Alex Samad <alex@samad.com.au>:
> > And here's the wiki page explaining the whole process. It's quite
> > simple and quick to follow through.
> >
> > http://wiki.debian.org/wl
> yeah and that great, but my whinge was that it was orphaned really
> fast because it did not compile against the 2.6.31 kernel and that the
> inline b43 will handle the cards - well there is a new upstream and the
> b43 doesn't handle all the cards.
>
> I am just wondering why we were so quick to jump.

Yeah, I agree with that especially when there is no 2.6.31 kernel in 
squeeze. I tried the instructions from the web page above and it worked 
like a charm.  I think I'll let someone else be the guinea pig for the 
b43 driver.