Bug#908724: please add brcmfmac4356-pcie.txt to the package

From	Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#908724: please add brcmfmac4356-pcie.txt to the package
Date	2019-05-06 17:10 +0200
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On Thu, 13 Sep 2018 08:21:01 +0200
"W. Martin Borgert" <debacle@debian.org> wrote:
> Package: firmware-nonfree
> Version: 20180825+dfsg-1
> Severity: important
> 
> (Important, because it has a major effect on the usability for
> users of a specific hardware. Feel free to adjust.)
> 
> When installing Debian on the GPD Pocket, not only non-free
> firmware is needed for Wifi, but also the text file
> brcmfmac4356-pcie.txt needs to be installed in
> /lib/firmware/brcm/ which is fairly difficult:
> 
> https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/GPD/Pocket#Installation
> 
> Please add this file, so that mere mortals could install Debian
> on this device. Thanks!

Unfortunately this file is board-specific so we can't just ship a
single version.

Possibly we could provide multiple versions as alternatives, or make it
(a symlink to) a conffile.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Nothing is ever a complete failure;
it can always serve as a bad example.

Thread

Bug#908724: please add brcmfmac4356-pcie.txt to the package "W. Martin Borgert" <debacle@debian.org> - 2018-09-13 08:30 +0200
  Bug#908724: please add brcmfmac4356-pcie.txt to the package Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2019-05-06 17:10 +0200
  Bug#908724: marked as done (please add brcmfmac4356-pcie.txt to  the package) "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2021-03-25 09:00 +0100

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