one more time -- broadcom wireless on f7

[Karl Larsen]

Ed Greshko wrote:
> Timothy Murphy wrote:
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>> John W. Linville wrote:
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>>>> I disagree My Linksys WPC54GS worked under FC6 quit
>>>> working under Fedora 7 2.6.22. worked again using
>>>> 2.6.22-33 broke again under 2.6.22-41. It seems that
>>>> the kernel releases are really not well tested.
>>>>         
    I think that the modules carried with the kernel changes and you do 
not have a kernel problem but a module one. It has nothing to do with 
kernel testing.

    The number and size of the modules to ship with a kernel is a big 
problem I suspect.

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>>> Bugzilla #?
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>> While one obviously _should_ file a bugzilla in such a case,
>> is relying on bugzillas really a satisfactory strategy?
>>
>> There are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of different WiFi devices.
>> It seems to me that the onus is on the developer
>> to ensure as far as possible that changes he/she makes do not impinge
>> on devices working with the previous version.
>>
>> I'm not sure if "testing" is really the best, or even a feasible,
>> way of doing this.
>> Perhaps the developer should ask himself, "Is it conceivable
>> that this change may not work with some device somewhere in the universe?"
>>     
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> The answer to that question is, and will always be, "Yes".
>
>   
>> I must say, it's not really clear to me
>> why something like WiFi should actually change
>> between Fedora kernels corresponding to the same vanilla kernel.
>> Is the Fedora community regarded as a test-bed for such development?
>>
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