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

[Nate figlar]

On 10/11/07, Free Ekanayaka <free at 64studio.com> wrote:
> |--==> 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.

You know this could be an 64 bit issue only. This did happen on a 64
bit install and may not be an issue on i386. I know someone else had
the same issue when I did. has anyone had this on a i386 machine?
maybe we could keep this on the i386 image.

>
>  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
>
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