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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