** Description changed:

  Both packages for Precise and Quantal end up blacklisting module 'b44'
  which is required for wired internet connection to take place.  After
  boot the wireless works perfectly but the wired internet is not present
  at all and plugging in a CAT5 connection does not wake it up.  I can
  'modprobe b44' manually at the Terminal and the wired internet module
  wakes up and functions again.
  
- /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-local.conf 
+ /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-local.conf
  blacklist b43
  blacklist b44 <--?
  
  /etc/modprobe.d/broadcom-sta-common.conf
  # wl module from Broadcom conflicts with ssb
  # We must blacklist the following modules:
  blacklist b44 <--?
  blacklist b43legacy
  blacklist b43
  blacklist brcm80211
  blacklist brcmsmac
  blacklist ssb
  install wl /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install wl $CMDLINE_OPTS
  
- 
  Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02) 
<--module 'b44'
  Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 03) <--- 
Broadcom ST Wireless 'wl'
  
  The package should not be blacklisting the 'b44' module if the Ethernet
  controller hardware is present in addition to the wireless controller.
- It's my understanding that the wired connection was merged into the
- Kernel at version 2.6 and doesn't need a separate driver so it should be
- allowed to boot up.  I worked around this problem and manually commented
- out the blacklist and after booting up both connections worked
+ It's my understanding that the wired connection module code was merged
+ into the Kernel at version 2.6 and doesn't need a separate driver so it
+ should be allowed to boot up.  I worked around this problem and manually
+ commented out the blacklist and after booting up both connections worked
  flawlessly without any manual steps.

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Title:
  Should not blacklist wired internet module 'b44'

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