Eric Bavier <ericbav...@openmailbox.org> skribis: > On Sun, 01 May 2016 15:19:34 +0200 > l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) wrote: > >> Quilro Ordonez <quil...@riseup.net> skribis: >> >> > I am trying to lo use Broadcom wireless device on GuixSD. It is >> > confirmed to work with free drivers and free firmware. It works >> > correctly in Trisquel too. >> > >> > dmesg gives the following messages. I have included only the relevant >> > parts: >> >> [...] >> >> > [ 20.591158] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not >> > found >> > [ 21.313688] b43-phy0 ERROR: /*(DEBLOBBED)*/ >> >> “DEBLOBBED” would suggest that Linux-libre’s deblobbing script viewed it >> as an opaque binary blob and thus patched it, which may be an issue >> here, no? > > Does deblobbing happen at runtime too? I thought it was only during > build time. > >> >> I assume you used the firmware packages that Leo copied. Could you get >> its author to submit it? :-) > > That would be me :) But I don't have the hardware to test it out on, > and qemu doesn't offer emulation of the broadcomm cards.
Eric, do you know if the firmware package you wrote got more testing? It’s been mentioned several times on IRC over time. TIA. :-) Ludo’.
