Broadcom 'wl' driver should claim to be activated when b43 is not loaded or blacklisted

Hi Mario,

Mario Limonciello [2008-10-23 16:04 -0000]:
> The current version of jockey will offer Broadcom STA driver vs B43
> properly when the machine's hardware supports both. There is a case
> missing however when the STA driver is the only supported driver.

OK.

> Jockey shouldn't claim that it needs to enable and blacklist b43 in
> these cases, since it is already implicitly enabled.

You mean "disable" here? Otherwise I don't know what you mean.

Thanks,

Martin

Hi Martin:

Well by default the driver is getting loaded in these cases, so isn't it
already "enabled"? It doesn't make sense that you are able to "enable" a
driver that is '"already" working.

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 13:23, Martin Pitt <email address hidden> wrote:

> Hi Mario,
>
> Mario Limonciello [2008-10-23 16:04 -0000]:
> > The current version of jockey will offer Broadcom STA driver vs B43
> > properly when the machine's hardware supports both. There is a case
> > missing however when the STA driver is the only supported driver.
>
> OK.
>
> > Jockey shouldn't claim that it needs to enable and blacklist b43 in
> > these cases, since it is already implicitly enabled.
>
> You mean "disable" here? Otherwise I don't know what you mean.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Martin
>
> --
> Broadcom 'wl' driver should claim to be activated when b43 is not loaded or
> blacklisted
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/288211
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> of the bug.
>

--
Mario Limonciello
<email address hidden>

Ah, I see what you mean now, thanks!

Martin:

Can you post an update regarding merging this into trunk? I was hoping we could see this show up in Jaunty at some point.

Sorry, this slipped my attention. Merged and committed, will upload after alpha-5 freeze.

This bug was fixed in the package jockey - 0.5-0ubuntu2

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jockey (0.5-0ubuntu2) jaunty; urgency=low

  [ Martin Pitt ]
  * Merge bug fixes from trunk:
    - Replace Exception.message with str(Exception), since .message is
      deprecated in Python 2.6.
  * Python transition: Build for all Python versions again, to work
    with 2.6. Include links in the .deb, bump python-central
    build dependency for this.
  * debian/rules: Drop DEB_PYTHON_INSTALL_ARGS_ALL setting;
    --no-compile is set by default nowadays, and explicitly setting it
    hides python-distutils.mk's --install-layout option.
  * data/handlers/sl_modem.py: Recognize modems which are subdevices
    of alsa cards, and thus only appear in "aplay -l", not in
    /proc/asound/cards. Thanks to Peteris Krisjanis for the patch!
    (LP: #295158)

  [ Mario Limonciello ]
  * data/handlers/broadcom_wl.py:
    - if we don't offer b43 at all with the card, and the Broadcom STA
      driver is loaded, it is implicitly "enabled". (LP: #288211)

 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:04:16 +0100