tags 635577 + wontfix Hi Ken,
On Sun, 2011-07-31 at 23:37 -0500, Chanoch (Ken) Bloom wrote: > Unsupported device(s) found: PCI id 14e4:4727 According to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 site this device 14e4:4727 is unsupported. > Why does this package refuse to install when it encounters an > unsupported device anyway? Is there a possibility of screwing things > up by loading the wrong software? > Instad of aborting, install the firmware anyway, but spit out a > nonfatal information message saying that the device is unsupported (or > supported by one of the other Broadcom firmware packages in Debian). > > --Ken It's not a good idea install the firmware also for unsupported device. I put this bug in 'wontfix' state until the card is supported from b43 developer. Cheers, Fabrizio.
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