On Sat, 26 Feb 2011 22:30:20 -0800 "Suresh Govindachar" <sgovindachar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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! Yes, the rpm format has changed since rhel5/fc5. You will need a more modern fedora to extract things. > >> 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". Yes, it's an empty package that simply requires the right kmod for your currently running kernel. > I copied the descriptions from rpmfusion; I had to extract > the rpms to understand what they were about! rpm -qli should provide that info as well. > > 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. It means you can: yum install kmod-wl and it will download that package and see that it requires the specific version for your kernel. So you don't have to: yum install kmod-wl-2.6.35.6-48.fc14.x86_64-5.60.48.36-2.fc14.2.x86_64 which you might note is a bit more difficult to type. :) kevin
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