Re: [Tails-dev] known issues - another laptop model

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Hi,

was there any progress on this?

intrigeri wrote (23 Apr 2015 22:29:22 GMT) :
> emmapeel wrote (22 Apr 2015 11:46:11 GMT) :
>> Here a patch for the known issues page,


> Thanks a lot!


>> adding MacBook Air 6,1 to the list of laptops with Broadcom drivers


> Well, that's not a list of laptops with Broadcom drivers: it's rather
> a list of laptops with the BCM43224 Wi-Fi adapter.


> According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Air#Specifications,
> the MacBook Air 6,1 (and 6,2, 7,1 and 7,2 by the way -- perhaps we
> could save some time for us and users if we add them in the same go)
> rather has something based on BCM4360.


> I'll trust the result of your investigations, and I'm not very
> surprised that said Wi-Fi adapter shares some issues with BCM43224.


> Still, my current understanding is that this patch, if applied as-is,
> would introduce incorrect information on the known issues page, that
> may confuse users looking for their laptop or network adapter name
> in there.


> => I think that this paragraph needs to be either split per-device, or
> adjusted somehow to cover all devices it's about. Good luck :)


> Hint: that the "bcm43224" HTML anchor shall not be broken in the
> process, since it's been referred to in a blog post of ours in
> the past.


> Cheers!


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intrigeri