Comment 8 for bug 1490212

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Adam Smith (adamsmith) wrote :

A few more observations about my basic modaliases patch..... the aliases beginning ssb/bcma are inferior. In software-properties-gtk the vendor and model are listed as unknown. Aliases beginning with pci can be generated from the ssb/bcma module aliases, but like I said above, I don't know how to split them into the b43/b43legacy packages.

I would highly recommend the the b43legacy package being turned into a dummy package, and letting the firmware-b43-installer package install the legacy firmware when appropriate. The two packages cause much confusion. For example, this highest voted answer on AskUbuntu gets it wrong http://askubuntu.com/questions/55868/installing-broadcom-wireless-drivers/60395#60395