Jim Haynes (jhhaynes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) said: > I'm working with the 4 January rawhide live dvd and a Dell i1545 > laptop with Broadcom wireless. > > There is a directory /lib/firmware/b43 that has some Broadcom > stuff in it, but not the ones I need. > > The b43 developers say that Fedora does not have the right to > distributed the Broadcom stuff, that the end user has to go through > a ritual spelled out in their wiki to get it. > > If that's true, then the files should be removed from the distribution. > If that's not true then there are a lot of files that need to be added > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware It's both true and not true. The official Broadcom firmware, we do not have the right to ship; ergo, we don't. You can use the b43-fwcutter program (which is in Fedora) as described on their wiki, to get it. However, there is *open* firmware for Broadcom wireless which we can ship. It's in the b43-openfwwf package, and that's what you're seeing on the live DVD. It does not work for all chipsets, though. Bill -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
