[Linux-wlan-ng-devel] Bug#579875: clarify denial of package usefulness
jidanni at jidanni.org
jidanni at jidanni.org
Sat May 1 22:33:25 UTC 2010
Package: linux-wlan-ng
Version: 0.2.9+dfsg-4
Severity: wishlist
In the Description we read:
Please note that you probably do not need this package: The prism2_usb driver
is included in the default kernel packages since 2.6.31. If you need firmware
loading for your prism2_usb device, please just install the
prism2-usb-firmware-installer package.
However in /usr/share/doc/linux-wlan-ng-doc/FAQ.gz we read
1) USB support
(1) Is the only truly unique thing that linux-wlan-ng does that
is generally needed any more.
And indeed, prism2-usb-firmware-installer does not ALWAYS help, (as nor
perhaps does linux-wlan-ng perhaps either.)
In the Description we also read:
This package ships legacy utilities and scripts for advanced configuration and
user-space firmware downloading (support for non-USB devices).
However, PRISM2DL=/sbin/prism2dl mentioned on /etc/wlan/shared.prism2
does not exist.
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