Regarding the legality of the firmware, note Ubuntu already include it in the linux-firmware-nonfree package and as described above jockey in 10.04 used to download it.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-drivers-common in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1186779 Title: Support b43 driver family Status in ubuntu-drivers-common package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: b43: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 u-d-c is a nice way of installing drivers! However, it doesn't treat b43 as an option for Broadcom wireless chips. As documented by the b43 wiki, b43 has its advantages and disadvantages. http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#Comparison_of_recent_drivers So we'd give the users b43 as a choice. From my own experience, sometimes b43 works better and sometimes worse. b43-fwcutter source package of Debian/Ubuntu has helper script binary package for installing firmware needed by b43. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-drivers-common/+bug/1186779/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
