Re: [gentoo-user] Re: broadcom-sta and the 3.6.x kernel

[Mick]

On Tuesday 11 Dec 2012 09:04:59 Nuno J. Silva wrote:
> On 2012-12-07, Mick wrote:
> > On Tuesday 04 Dec 2012 15:30:04 Dustin C. Hatch wrote:
> >> On 12/4/2012 06:11, Florian Philipp wrote:
> >> > Do you actually need broadcom-sta anymore? With the recent kernel
> >> > updates more chips work with the in-kernel driver (brcmsmac). But the
> >> > config option is well hidden (you need to enable BCMA to even see it).
> >>
> >> Yes, I initially tried the b43 driver, which worked, but consistently
> >> dropped about 5-15% of packets, making it mostly unusable. I also tried
> >> bcrmsmac and bcrmfmac, and neither of them supported my card (432b).
> >> Unfortunately, I can't get a different card, either, because I my
> >> notebook has a "whitelist" of supported devices in the BIOS, and it
> >> won't even boot with a mini-pci-e card installed that isn't in that
> >> list. Thanks, HP :(
> >
> > This sounds scary!!!  Isn't there a way of disabling this feature in
> > the BIOS?
>
> With HP, you don't even get a BIOS setup. You get something that tells
> you the processor temperature and possibly lets you change the boot
> order.
>
> > Have you spoken to the HP police to ask what they can do to allow you to
> > manage the machine you bought from them?  O_O
>
> I guess I could do that too. I find it a bit annoying that they don't
> even offer a BIOS setup and then decide to silently flip some of the
> settings with BIOS upgrades (like disabling AMD-V...)

Although I used to like Compaq (until they were bought out by HP) what you're 
describing is a place I really don't want to go!  I'd be interested to hear 
what they come back with.  Thanks for sharing.
-- 
Regards,
Mick