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Title:
  b43xx wireless driver not packaged in release

Status in linux-firmware package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  in ubuntu 15.10 and lubuntu 15.10

  i have a b4318 wireless chipset which does not work out of the box,
  even though the b43-fwcutter package is included in the release, the
  firmware-b43-installer and the legacy package are not included, which
  from my understanding are needed by b43-fwcutter to actualy install
  the correct firmware.

  the result is an error while booting up saying couldnt load kernel
  module or something, telling you to go to a website (wireless.kernel
  or something similar)  and download the correct driver for your
  firmware, which is misleading, as all you need is the
  firmware-b43-installer or legacy package to make the wireless work.

  Including this in the official releases would be great, and/or
  changing the error message to suggest installing those packages

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