Bugzilla – Bug 510754
yast network does not run install_bcm43xx_firmware before configuring b43 wireless
Last modified: 2009-07-28 19:09:50 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)
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
duplicate bugreport *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 470127 ***
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.
Created attachment 308634 [details] install wizard
Created attachment 308636 [details] fetch and extract firmware