From d3d3181c2b5dc900568592a56d5d8704d783946d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Maciej S. Szmigiero" Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2017 17:00:20 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] sys-firmware/b43-firmware: mask versions above 5.100.138 Any sys-firmware/b43-firmware version above 5.100.138 breaks b43 driver in various ways (spontaneous disconnections, low throughput, cannot associate to an AP, etc). Also, b43 wiki page says to use 5.100.138: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43/#Other_distributions_not_mentioned_above Let's hard mask 6.30.163.46 (next version after 5.100.138) and above so users' wireless card don't suddenly break when they update @world. Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/541080 Closes: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/3491 --- profiles/package.mask | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask index 8a2f17e789a7..a64d82fe0a41 100644 --- a/profiles/package.mask +++ b/profiles/package.mask @@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ #--- END OF EXAMPLES --- +# Michał Górny (22 May 2017) +# for Maciej S. Szmigiero +# Any version above 5.100.138 breaks b43 driver in various ways. +# Also, b43 wiki page says to use 5.100.138. Bug #541080. +>=sys-firmware/b43-firmware-6.30.163.46 + # Michał Górny , Andreas K. Hüttel , # Matthias Maier (21 May 2017) # Those old versions of GCC are no longer really supported and are not -- 2.26.2