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bcmwl package

  1. Bug #873117
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Comment 0 for bug 873117

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Brian Teague (bteague) wrote :

Hardware:
Broadcom BCM43224 a/b/g/n wireless card on a Macbook Air 3,2.

Bug description:
Because of bug #863799, I'm using the Broadcom proprietary driver from the bcmwl-kernel-source. However, the bcmwl package does not blacklist the new open source drivers for this hardware. Thus, the wl module fails (silently!) and wireless networking stops working.

Proposed solution:
Add the "brcmsmac" and "bcma" drivers to the blacklist file that's created by bcmwl-kernel-source's postinst script. Please find attached a patch that does just that.