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[Adam Smith <1490713@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Software-properties-gtk offers wl as the driver for all Broadcom wifi
cards, regardless of whether they are supported or not.  This is due to
the modaliases field used by the bcmwl-kernel-source package.

Although in reality I know very little about such things, I'll attach a
proposed debian/bcmwl-kernel-source.modaliases file based on the info
here: http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/README_6.30.223.248.txt

Users are going though needless painful procedures to get the correct
working driver.

** Affects: bcmwl (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Attachment added: "bcmwl-kernel-source.modaliases"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1490713/+attachment/4455387/+files/bcmwl-kernel-source.modaliases

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Title:
  The Debian control file's "modaliases" is too generic

Status in bcmwl package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Software-properties-gtk offers wl as the driver for all Broadcom wifi
  cards, regardless of whether they are supported or not.  This is due
  to the modaliases field used by the bcmwl-kernel-source package.

  Although in reality I know very little about such things, I'll attach
  a proposed debian/bcmwl-kernel-source.modaliases file based on the
  info here:
  http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/README_6.30.223.248.txt

  Users are going though needless painful procedures to get the correct
  working driver.

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