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ubuntu-drivers-common package

BCM4312 does not require Broadcom STA driver anymore

Bug #1175344 reported by Alexander Schlarb
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #1186779: Support b43 driver family. Edit Remove
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Bug Description

As of Linux version 2.6.33 support for the BCM4312 wireless card has been added to the b43 kernel module. There for the proprietary bcmwl wireless driver is not required anymore. Instead one can use the "firmware-b43-lpphy-installer" to install the required firmware files. Afterwards the wireless card can be used using the open source b43 driver!

Since the bcmwl module was causing kernel panics every now and then (at least on my machine), I strongly suggest to add this option to the software-properties dialog (and adding "firmware-b43-lpphy-installer" package to restricted?) as the recommended way of using this chipset (offering bcmwl only as a fallback).

Ma Hsiao-chun (mahsiaochun)
affects: software-properties (Ubuntu) → ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu)
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