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| author |   Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> | 2017-09-09 13:30:54 -0700 |
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| committer | Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> | 2017-09-09 13:31:17 -0700 |
| commit | a315a2dffd3af7817c6af988b1d54b8795522a71 (patch) | |
| tree | e49b351ccc8f8f19c211763ff73f10433e195ea0 /net-wireless/broadcom-sta | |
| parent | app-arch/bzip2: stable 1.0.6-r8 for hppa, bug #620466 (thank to Dakon) (diff) | |
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net-wireless/broadcom-sta: Inform users about a compatible wireless card
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| -rw-r--r-- | net-wireless/broadcom-sta/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r4.ebuild | 14 |
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diff --git a/net-wireless/broadcom-sta/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r4.ebuild b/net-wireless/broadcom-sta/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r4.ebuild index 5cf284a4cebb..34b37eceeaf8 100644 --- a/net-wireless/broadcom-sta/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r4.ebuild +++ b/net-wireless/broadcom-sta/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r4.ebuild @@ -24,6 +24,20 @@ S="${WORKDIR}" MODULE_NAMES="wl(net/wireless)" MODULESD_WL_ALIASES=("wlan0 wl") +pkg_pretend() { + ewarn + ewarn "If you are stuck using this unmaintained driver (likely in a MacBook)," + ewarn "you may be interested to know that a newer compatible wireless card" + ewarn "is supported by the in-tree brcmfmac driver. It has a model number " + ewarn "BCM943602CS and is for sale on the second hand market for less than " + ewarn "20 USD." + ewarn + ewarn "See https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Broadcom_Wireless_Adapters and" + ewarn " https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Broadcom_BCM943602CS" + ewarn "for more information." + ewarn +} + pkg_setup() { # bug #300570 # NOTE<lxnay>: module builds correctly anyway with b43 and SSB enabled |