/lib/firmware/b43/
).This of course causes problems for end-users. They have to download binary drivers on their own and extract firmware out of it.
There are many attempts trying to make end-users life easier:
install_bcm43xx_firmware
as part of b43-fwcutter
package.firmware-b43-installer
package with some script executed after installation.postinst
script integrated into b43-fwcutter tool.While above solutions may seem to work for some (many?) users, they are not really perfect. Few issues:
We'd like to write a one common helper script and make it part of the b43-fwcutter
project. This would result in a one common way of installing b43
firmware for all users. Of course distributions still could integrate a proper call to the script e.g. in the postinst
.
List of planned requirements for the common script:
b43
and b43legacy
firmware.Our current plan is to share this idea with various distributions (most likely package maintainers) and listen to the feedback. Based on that we may change/extend our script requirements.
Once we get requirements list complete and “Ack” from distributions we'll write the common script and make it part of the b43-fwcutter
.