Bug#703195: Cant get BCM43228 to work

2013-03-16 Thread Geoff Simmons
On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 06:50:24PM +0100, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: Package: firmware-brcm80211 This is a brand new wheezy installation on my new laptop (DELL Precision M6700). [...] Here is what I have: [...] $ sudo lspci -s 03:00.0 -vvx 03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation

Bug#697535: firmware-linux-nonfree: License missing for ENE UB6250 firmware

2013-01-06 Thread Geoff Simmons
Package: firmware-linux-nonfree Version: 0.36+wheezy.1 Severity: normal Tags: patch Hi, Licensing information for the ENE UB6250 firmware (added at revision 19689) appears not to have been supplied. Attached is a patch for adding the content of LICENCE.ene_firmware from the linux-firmware

Bug#649567: linux-2.6: Please enable BCMA and BCMA_HOST_PCI

2011-11-22 Thread Geoff Simmons
Source: linux-2.6 Version: 3.1.1-1 Severity: wishlist Hi, Please consider enabling BCMA (BCMA support) as a module, along with BCMA_HOST_PCI (Support for BCMA on PCI-host bus). BCMA was explicitly disabled for linux-2.6 in its subversion repository at revision 17519. Enabling these would allow

Bug#649567: linux-2.6: Please enable BCMA and BCMA_HOST_PCI

2011-11-22 Thread Geoff Simmons
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 02:44:13PM +, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Tue, 2011-11-22 at 19:20 +1100, Geoff Simmons wrote: Enabling these would allow the b43 driver to receive BCMA bus support (B43_BCMA, enabled by default) and operate Broadcom BCM43224 and BCM43225 based PCIe wireless LAN

Bug#634697: update kernel 2.6.39-2-amd64

2011-07-20 Thread Geoff Simmons
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 04:06:14PM +0200, pascal.berna...@free.fr wrote: Since the update of the kernel from 2.6.38-2 to 2.6.39-2, I cannot get my card to work. [...] With 2.6.38 kernel, the r8192se_pci.ko module activates the card. It is not present with 2.6.39: [...] pascal@ordidesfilles ~

Bug#596626: Please support Linksys WUSB600N v2 WiFi USB stick

2011-05-11 Thread Geoff Simmons
On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 10:12:55AM +, maximilian attems wrote: On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 11:24:34PM +1000, Geoff Simmons wrote: Recognition of this device (USB ID 1737:0079) by the rt2800usb driver currently requires RT2800USB_UNKNOWN to be enabled. strange it is listed in the dev table

Bug#596626: Please support Linksys WUSB600N v2 WiFi USB stick

2011-05-10 Thread Geoff Simmons
On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 07:22:56PM +0200, maximilian attems wrote: Version: 2.6.38-5 fixed in latest upload to unstable by enabling RT2800USB_RT35XX. thus closing. Recognition of this device (USB ID 1737:0079) by the rt2800usb driver currently requires RT2800USB_UNKNOWN to be enabled. Geoff

Bug#625953: linux-2.6: orinoco_pci module is no longer present

2011-05-07 Thread Geoff Simmons
Hi Mike, On Sat, May 07, 2011 at 11:31:07AM +0100, Mike wrote: As per subject, the orinoco_pci module is missing from 2.6.38 kernel images, so my router can no longer connect to the network. Prism 2/2.5/3 support in the orinoco driver (HERMES_PRISM) is disabled by default as of Linux 2.6.35

Bug#625613: linux-2.6: Please enable CONFIG_RTL8192CU

2011-05-04 Thread Geoff Simmons
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.39~rc5-1~experimental.1 Severity: wishlist Hi, Please consider enabling CONFIG_RTL8192CU (Realtek RTL8192CU/RTL8188CU USB Wireless Network Adapter) as a module, for support of Realtek RTL8188CE-VAU, RTL8188CUS and RTL8192CU USB 802.11n wireless LAN chipsets. This

Bug#625614: firmware-realtek: Please include RTL8192CU/RTL8188CU firmware

2011-05-04 Thread Geoff Simmons
Package: firmware-realtek Version: 0.29 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Hi, Please consider including firmware used by the rtl8192cu driver (added at Linux 2.6.39-rc1) for support of USB wireless LAN devices containing RTL8188CE-VAU, RTL8188CUS or RTL8192CU chipsets. The firmware file

Bug#617917: linux-2.6: Add support for Microsoft MN-120 PCMCIA network card

2011-03-12 Thread Geoff Simmons
Package: linux-2.6 Severity: wishlist Tags: squeeze Please consider including a minor patch[1] to the tulip driver in Squeeze, for support of the Microsoft MN-120 CardBus device (PCI ID 1414:0001). This was added to mainline at Linux 2.6.33. Geoff [1]

Bug#589855: linux-image-2.6.32-bpo.5-amd64: p54pci doesn't work with ISL3890 based card

2010-08-02 Thread Geoff Simmons
Hi Jan, On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 07:14:01PM +0200, Jan Čapek wrote: This card worked with the original prism54 driver. The p54pci driver causes problems. [...] 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intersil Corporation ISL3890 [Prism GT/Prism Duette]/ISL3886 [Prism Javelin/Prism Xbow]

Bug#573950: 8192 driver

2010-04-27 Thread Geoff Simmons
retitle 573950 Please include RTL8192E firmware tags 573950 patch thanks On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 08:00:25AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 02:10:52PM +, Ben Hutchings wrote: Greg, do you have a full licence text for this? The rtl8192e driver package is no longer available

Bug#573950: 8192 driver

2010-03-16 Thread Geoff Simmons
On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 02:19:29AM +, Ben Hutchings wrote: I'm sorry but I can't find the firmware for this anywhere. It is available in Greg Kroah-Hartman's linux-firmware tree [1]. From its WHENCE file: Add RealTek RTL8192E firmware This comes directly from RealTek in their

Bug#553441: (ämne saknas)

2009-12-06 Thread Geoff Simmons
severity 553441 normal thanks On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 01:15:53PM +0100, Erik Andersson wrote: Getting a similar result using D-link DWA-140 USB wifi-device, using same chipset rt2870sta. USB device shows no activitay (ie. blinking LED). [snip] Sys: Debian sqeeze Official Snapshot i386 kde-CD

Bug#558740: firmware-linux-nonfree: Add Atheros AR9170 one stage firmware (ar9170.fw)

2009-11-30 Thread Geoff Simmons
Package: firmware-linux-nonfree Version: 0.21 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Hi, Please consider including the one stage firmware [1] for the ar9170usb driver in firmware-linux-nonfree, for support of Atheros AR9170-based USB wireless LAN devices. Patch (based on [2]) attached. Geoff [1]

Bug#558740: Push of AR9170 1-stage firmware to linux-firmware?

2009-11-30 Thread Geoff Simmons
Hi Luis, Are you still considering a push of the AR9170 1-stage firmware to linux-firmware, as per your previous intention? [1] My interest is in having this packaged for the Debian distribution within its firmware-linux-nonfree package [2], which uses content in David Woodhouse's linux-firmware

Bug#535922: firmware-nonfree: Patch to include advansys firmware

2009-07-08 Thread Geoff Simmons
Hi, Attached is a patch for this request. The advansys driver appears to be BSD-licensed in version 3.3K, now GPLv2 in version 3.4. The firmware images in the linux-firmware tree state BSD licensing (according to WHENCE [1]), I have used the license extract from advansys.c v3.3K accordingly.

Bug#535922: firmware-nonfree: Patch to include advansys firmware

2009-07-08 Thread Geoff Simmons
On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 03:00:52PM +0200, maximilian attems wrote: how big are those images? why not in linux subdir? The largest is just under 6.2K: -rw-r--r-- 1 gsimmons gsimmons 5026 2009-07-08 13:58 3550.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 gsimmons gsimmons 5340 2009-07-08 13:58 38C0800.bin -rw-r--r-- 1

Bug#524266: Wanted: firmware for Hermes-based cards - agere_sta_fw.bin

2009-07-07 Thread Geoff Simmons
Package: firmware-nonfree Version: 0.17 Tags: patch Followup-For: Bug #524266 Hi, Attached is a patch fulfilling this request, by building a 'firmware-orinoco' package. The name was chosen owing to the brand name and use of firmware by the orinoco driver. The short description states Orinoco

Bug#536050: firmware-bnx2: Include 5708 and 5716 in package description

2009-07-06 Thread Geoff Simmons
Package: firmware-bnx2 Version: 0.17 Severity: minor Tags: patch Hi, The bnx2 driver supports the Broadcom 5706, 5708, 5709 and 5716 chipsets. Only 5706 and 5709 are mentioned in the firmware-bnx2 package description at this time. Attached is a patch to include 5708 and 5716 in the description.

Bug#494936: bnx2 fails to load on bootup, succeeds on manual load

2008-08-14 Thread Geoff Simmons
Hi, Nico earlier visited OFTC #debian about this issue. The problem appears similar to #432042. Firmware isn't being transferred to the initrd via update-initramfs upon package installation. As the firmware isn't available in the initramfs image, it can't be loaded by the bnx2 module during