RE: What do these rpms do?

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  Kevin Fenzi wrote:
  >> On Sat, 26 Feb 2011 07:29:02 -0800
  >> "Suresh Govindachar" wrote:
  >>
  >> Please explain the role played by the material in each
  >> of the following three rpms found on rpmfusion:

  I was able to look inside two of the three rpms -- although
  commands like rpm2cpio foo.rmp | cpio -idmv failed to extract
  the following rpms either rhel5 or fc5, they could be
  extracted using 7zip on Win XP!

  >> 1) broadcom-wl-5.60.48.36-1.fc13.noarch.rpm
  >> 
  >>    Common files for Broadcom 802.11 STA driver
  >> 
  >>    This package contains the license, readme and
  >>    configuration files for the Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA
  >>    Driver for WiFi, a linux device driver for use with
  >>    Broadcom's BCM4311-, BCM4312-, BCM4321-, and
  >>    BCM4322-based hardware.

  Contains:
     /etc/modprobe.d/broadcom-wl-blacklist.conf
     /usr/share/doc/broadcom-wl-5.60.48.36/LICENSE.txt
     /usr/share/doc/broadcom-wl-5.60.48.36/README.txt

  cat of broadcom-wl-blacklist.conf
     # modules blacklisted for broadcom-wl
     blacklist bcm43xx
     blacklist ssb
     blacklist b43
     blacklist ndiswrapper

  >> 2) kmod-wl-2.6.35.6-48.fc14.x86_64-5.60.48.36-2.fc14.2.x86_64.rpm
  >> 
  >>    wl kernel module(s) for 2.6.35.6-48.fc14.x86_64
  >> 
  >>    This package provides the wl kernel modules built for
  >>    the Linux kernel 2.6.35.6-48.fc14.x86_64 for the x86_64
  >>    family of processors.

  Contains:
     /lib/modules/2.6.35.6-48.fc14.x86_64/extra/wl/wl.ko

  >> 3) kmod-wl-5.60.48.36-2.fc14.2.x86_64.rpm
  >> 
  >>    Metapackage which tracks in wl kernel module for newest kernel
  >> 
  >>    This is a meta-package without payload which sole
  >>    purpose is to require the wl kernel module(s) for the
  >>    newest kernel.  to make sure you get it together with a
  >>    new kernel.

  The cpio file in the rpm (viz., kmod-wl-5.60.48.36-2.fc14.2.x86_64.cpio)
  could not be read!  I suppose that is what the rpm's author
  means by "package without payload".

  >> The reference URL provided for all three packages is the same,
  >> viz., http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
  >> 
  >> (Note that the material on the reference URL is newer than any
  >> of the three rpms;  but what I am trying to understand in this
  >> thread is the role played by the stuff in each of the 3 rpms.)
  > 
  > You describe the role under each one? 
  > How can we expand on it?  :) 
    
  I copied the descriptions from rpmfusion;  I had to extract
  the rpms to understand what they were about!

  > The common subpackage has the docs and such. The versioned
  > kmod is one for a specific kernel, and the generic kmod-wl
  > subpackage is to allow you to pull in the latest specific
  > kmod version. ;) 

  I still don't understand how
       kmod-wl-5.60.48.36-2.fc14.2.x86_64.rpm 
  helps achieve what it is supposed to help achieve.

  --Suresh
  

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