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Re: [Gnewsense-dev] b43 kernel module suggests installation of proprieta
From: |
Karl Goetz |
Subject: |
Re: [Gnewsense-dev] b43 kernel module suggests installation of proprietary firmware |
Date: |
Wed, 5 Aug 2009 23:06:07 +0930 |
On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:28:47 +0200
Patrik Lembke <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 18:02:24 +0930 Karl Goetz <address@hidden>
> wrote:
> > Hi all, could someone with a badcom card please try and reproduce
> > this bug[1]?
> >
> > What I'm hoping to know is;
> > - Does it happen to you
> > - what kernel module is causing the message
> >
> > [1] http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00308
> > kk
> >
>
> Yes It did until I added the free firmware.
>
> It is a message stored in /drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c (in
> 2.6.28.1 row 1998)
>
> KFV link
> http://wiki.gnewsense.org/Kernel/Ubuntu-hardy-linux-2-6-24-12-22--drivers--net--wireless--b43
Thanks for digging this up :)
> A patch for the later kernels who can use the free (2.6.28 looks like
> it can) could be to just replace this with something nicer telling the
> user how to install the OpenFWWF firmware.
>
> text = "You must install the openfwwf firmware, instructions can be
> found at NiceGnewsenseWikiPage\n";
>
> And it do look quite possible to patch the module so It won't be able
> to load the non-free firmware.
Making it so it doesnt recommend the non-free stuff is enough IMO.
> Just replacing what is said in main.c:2302 inside that else with
> something similar to:
>
> b43err( dev->wl, "Sorry the firmware your trying to use is not
> supported since it's non-free\n" );
> goto error;
I'll have a look tomorrow when I try to fix the mach64 bug (my build
failed, seems I forgot to unconfigure the modules I removed).
kk
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