firmware-b43-installer should run 'modprobe b43' after installation

Bug #710357 reported by Erik B. Andersen
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b43-fwcutter (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: b43-fwcutter

The wiki page at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx#Installing%20b43%20drivers says that you can run 'modprobe -r ssb b43' and then 'modprobe b43' after installing the b43 firmware using this package so that you don't have to restart.
I have found that I only have to run 'modprobe b43'.
Why not make the package installation scripts run the modprobe command(s) and save people the need to reboot just for wireless?

root@bjorn-laptop:/home/bjorn# lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu natty (development branch)
Release: 11.04
root@bjorn-laptop:/home/bjorn# apt-cache policy firmware-b43-installer
firmware-b43-installer:
  Installed: 4.150.10.5-5
  Candidate: 4.150.10.5-5
  Version table:
 *** 4.150.10.5-5 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/multiverse amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

Erik B. Andersen, thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Natty reached EOL on October 28, 2012.
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Changed in b43-fwcutter (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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