Bug 510754

Summary:	yast network does not run install_bcm43xx_firmware before configuring b43 wireless
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE 11.2	Reporter:	Nicholas Hester <nickhester>
Component:	YaST2	Assignee:	Michal Zugec <mzugec>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Jiri Srain <jsrain>
Severity:	Major
Priority:	P5 - None	CC:	nickhester, rastislav.krupansky
Version:	Milestone 2
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86-64
OS:	Linux
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Found By:	Development	Services Priority:
Business Priority:		Blocker:	---
Marketing QA Status:	---	IT Deployment:	---
Bug Depends on:	470127
Bug Blocks:
Attachments:	install wizard fetch and extract firmware

Description Nicholas Hester 2009-06-06 16:57:40 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #470127 +++

11.1 on powerbook g4

there is some airport card in the powerbook, which is operated by the b43 driver.
This driver works only if the firmware is present.
The package b43-fwcutter is automatically installed (via the modalias), the script /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware exists, and works.

but when yast configures the card it does not call the download script first. As a result, there is no firmware for the card.

Maybe there could be a check like

if ( driver == b43 | driver == b43legacy) && test ! -d /lib/firmware/b43 then
   /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware
fi
configure_wlan(b43)

Comment 1 Nicholas Hester 2009-06-06 17:03:00 UTC

Installed on x86-64 machine Milestone 2. Kernel driver detects card as Broadcom 4306 core revision 5

Missing b43/ucode5.fw and b43-open/ucode5.fw from dmesg

Comment 2 Michal Zugec 2009-06-25 08:38:02 UTC

duplicate bugreport

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 470127 ***

Comment 3 Rastislav Krupansky 2009-07-28 19:07:24 UTC

I'd appreciate this feature implemented in 11.2. On the attached screenshots, you can see how it's solved in Ubuntu. 
When i want to install b43-fwcutter package, installation wizard is launched for fetch and extract firmware. It's very easy and usefull. After clicking on "Next", package is downloaded and firmware is extracted on the background.

Comment 4 Rastislav Krupansky 2009-07-28 19:08:19 UTC

Created attachment 308634 [details]
install wizard

Comment 5 Rastislav Krupansky 2009-07-28 19:09:50 UTC

Created attachment 308636 [details]
fetch and extract firmware