Bug 401073

Summary:	net-wireless/b43-openfwwf - Open FirmWare for WiFi networks
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	sphakka <marcoep>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Default Assignee for New Packages <maintainer-wanted>
Status:	RESOLVED NEEDINFO
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	zerochaos
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.ing.unibs.it/~openfwwf/
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description sphakka 2012-01-27 20:11:22 UTC

Hi there,

I tried b43-openfwwf from the URL above. It works with gentoo-sources-3.1.10-r1 deblobbed, though it's unstable -- got a kernel warning, then a freeze on after resuming from hibernation (following a 'modprobe -r' attempt). It would be nice to have an official gentoo ebuild to foster more testing.

Related dependencies here (I actually needed only b43-asm as b43-fwcutter was already installed):
<http://gpo.zugaina.org/net-wireless/b43-openfwwf/Dep#ptabs>

Cheers,

  ^s

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Rick Farina (Zero_Chaos) gentoo-dev

2014-07-27 03:06:38 UTC

Does anyone actually use the openfwwf for more than a few days before switching to the closed firmware? Last I checked the open firmware was missing a few features that basically make it unusable for a very high percentage of users.

If someone actually comments that it's usable, I'll move it to the gentoo repo.