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Re: [gNewSense-users] linux-libre .deb for AMD 64 bit


From: Patrik Lembke
Subject: Re: [gNewSense-users] linux-libre .deb for AMD 64 bit
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 19:44:05 +0200

On Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:43:18 +0200 Tomek Chrzczonowicz
<address@hidden> wrote:
> > Sadly I think the OpenFWWF firmware still has non-free parts (from the
> > page you sent a link to):
> > 
> > "To make the firmware work properly you need at least 2 more files
> > that
> > must be extracted from original Broadcom drivers:"
> > 
> > Until that is fixed I don't see how its much better to recommend
> > OpenFWWF.
> 
> 
> The newest version is free. I and Alexandre Oliva checked it. Those 2
> files are build from commented OpenFWWF sources and no longer require
> any files to be extracted from the proprietary driver.
> 
> You need linux-libre 2.6.30 to use it, though. It needs to be placed
> in /lib/firmware/b43-open and "options b43 qos=0 nohwcrypt=1" be added
> to /etc/modprobe.d/options.
> 
> That statement at the bottom is confusing, but if you read through all
> the news then you see that this dependancy on non-free parts was
> dropped.

After having tested this I stand corrected, and thanks for the tips.

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