From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Nov 02 18:20:05 2016 Received: (at 23409) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Nov 2016 22:20:05 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40941 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c23t7-0002MX-Am for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 02 Nov 2016 18:20:05 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:34317) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c23t5-0002Lw-PE for 23409@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 02 Nov 2016 18:20:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c23sz-0006zC-Uy for 23409@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 02 Nov 2016 18:19:58 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:41730) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c23ss-0006wP-Sp; Wed, 02 Nov 2016 18:19:50 -0400 Received: from reverse-83.fdn.fr ([80.67.176.83]:36656 helo=pluto) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1c23ss-0004ti-4V; Wed, 02 Nov 2016 18:19:50 -0400 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) To: Eric Bavier Subject: Re: bug#23409: unable to load free firmware References: <8c7981c22c93720a9dbd5f63c279c44b@riseup.net> <87shy1apax.fsf@gnu.org> <20160502085507.31da4d6f@openmailbox.org> Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2016 23:19:48 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20160502085507.31da4d6f@openmailbox.org> (Eric Bavier's message of "Mon, 2 May 2016 08:55:07 -0500") Message-ID: <87d1idle2j.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-Spam-Score: -7.7 (-------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 23409 Cc: Quilro Ordonez , quiliro@fsfla.org, 23409@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -7.7 (-------) Eric Bavier skribis: > On Sun, 01 May 2016 15:19:34 +0200 > ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) wrote: > >> Quilro Ordonez skribis: >>=20 >> > 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=20 >>=20 >> [...] >>=20 >> > [ 20.591158] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not >> > found >> > [ 21.313688] b43-phy0 ERROR: /*(DEBLOBBED)*/=20=20 >>=20 >> =E2=80=9CDEBLOBBED=E2=80=9D would suggest that Linux-libre=E2=80=99s deb= lobbing 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. > >>=20 >> 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=E2=80=99s been mentioned several times on IRC over time. TIA. :-) Ludo=E2=80=99.