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authorMatt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org>2017-09-09 13:30:54 -0700
committerMatt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org>2017-09-09 13:31:17 -0700
commita315a2dffd3af7817c6af988b1d54b8795522a71 (patch)
treee49b351ccc8f8f19c211763ff73f10433e195ea0 /net-wireless
parentapp-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.ebuild14
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
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