[64studio-devel] [64 Studio] #385: Make bcm43xx-fwcutter an optional package

[Free Ekanayaka]

|--==> Daniel James writes:

  DJ> Hi Free,
  >>I'm not completely sure about this, I think the report we got lately
  >>about bcm43xx-fwcutter being broken was not actually related with
  >>bcm43xx-fwcutter.

  DJ> It could simply have been that the third-party site was down. I just
  DJ> tried an:

  DJ> $ wget http://boredklink.googlepages.com/wl_apsta.o

  DJ> and it came back with a 404 Not Found. This package seems to rely on
  DJ> firmware stored on someone's personal homepage, which is not very
  DJ> robust.

Oh, yes you're right.

  >>I've just installed a master of the i386 version and I did not notice
  >>anything wrong with bcm43xx-fwcutter.

  DJ> Hmmm, do you have the package installed on that machine? Does it have
  DJ> the firmware downloaded? (Maybe later versions use a different
  DJ> firmware URL, or maybe your network was not active on that machine at
  DJ> that point in the install).

The package is installed, and apparently the firmware too, even though
I don't know where it got it, as the machine was not connected during
the installation. Have to investigate..

  >>If it doesn't hurt I would
  >>rather keep it, as it is a very small package and it saves a step to
  >>the user (search and install it).

  DJ> True, but it can also break an upgrade, as in Nate's case. At least I
  DJ> think we should move it out of the base task and into the laptop task.

I'll look at the code and try to fix possible bugs, so that in any
case we won't have upgrade issues, which of course must be considered
serious bugs.

Ciao!

Free