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[Adam Smith <1490212@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The modalias file was generated from the aliases of the ssb and bcma
modules.  I suppose I should of taken out the pci ids listed as not
being supported ( https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
).  Oh well, for another day maybe, but I think all this effort is going
to go to waste anyway and I'm just talking to myself here!

One odditity I did notice was

alias pci:v000014A4d00004318sv*sd*bc*sc*i* firmware-b43-installer

Note it is 14A4d not 14E4d like the others....dunno what all this is
about!

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Title:
  "Modaliases" field missing from debian control file

Status in b43-fwcutter package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The b43 module is not listed as an option by the "additional drivers"
  section of the software-properties-gtk utility.  This takes its
  information from the ubuntu-drivers-common package and a bug has been
  reported against that package
  (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-drivers-
  common/+bug/1186779 ).

  However, if I'm reading things correctly, the firmware-b43-installer
  package could solve this by providing a modaliases field in the debian
  control file.  For example, the bcmwl-kernel-source package has the
  line:

  Modaliases: wl(pci:v000014E4d*sv*sd*bc02sc80i*)

  This would be scanned by the ubuntu-drivers-common package and
  consequently appear in software-properties-gtk.

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