RE: What do these rpms do?
Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Feb 2011 07:29:02 -0800
> "Suresh Govindachar" wrote:
>
> Please explain the role played by the material in each
> of the following three rpms found on rpmfusion:
I was able to look inside two of the three rpms -- although
commands like rpm2cpio foo.rmp | cpio -idmv failed to extract
the following rpms either rhel5 or fc5, they could be
extracted using 7zip on Win XP!
> 1) broadcom-wl-5.60.48.36-1.fc13.noarch.rpm
>
> Common files for Broadcom 802.11 STA driver
>
> This package contains the license, readme and
> configuration files for the Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA
> Driver for WiFi, a linux device driver for use with
> Broadcom's BCM4311-, BCM4312-, BCM4321-, and
> BCM4322-based hardware.
Contains:
/etc/modprobe.d/broadcom-wl-blacklist.conf
/usr/share/doc/broadcom-wl-5.60.48.36/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/doc/broadcom-wl-5.60.48.36/README.txt
cat of broadcom-wl-blacklist.conf
# modules blacklisted for broadcom-wl
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist ssb
blacklist b43
blacklist ndiswrapper
> 2)
kmod-wl-2.6.35.6-48.fc14.x86_64-5.60.48.36-2.fc14.2.x86_64.rpm
>
> wl kernel module(s) for 2.6.35.6-48.fc14.x86_64
>
> This package provides the wl kernel modules built for
> the Linux kernel 2.6.35.6-48.fc14.x86_64 for the x86_64
> family of processors.
Contains:
/lib/modules/2.6.35.6-48.fc14.x86_64/extra/wl/wl.ko
> 3) kmod-wl-5.60.48.36-2.fc14.2.x86_64.rpm
>
> Metapackage which tracks in wl kernel module for newest kernel
>
> This is a meta-package without payload which sole
> purpose is to require the wl kernel module(s) for the
> newest kernel. to make sure you get it together with a
> new kernel.
The cpio file in the rpm (viz., kmod-wl-5.60.48.36-2.fc14.2.x86_64.cpio)
could not be read! I suppose that is what the rpm's author
means by "package without payload".
> The reference URL provided for all three packages is the same,
> viz., http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
>
> (Note that the material on the reference URL is newer than any
> of the three rpms; but what I am trying to understand in this
> thread is the role played by the stuff in each of the 3 rpms.)
You describe the role under each one?
How can we expand on it? :)
I copied the descriptions from rpmfusion; I had to extract
the rpms to understand what they were about!
The common subpackage has the docs and such. The versioned
kmod is one for a specific kernel, and the generic kmod-wl
subpackage is to allow you to pull in the latest specific
kmod version. ;)
I still don't understand how
kmod-wl-5.60.48.36-2.fc14.2.x86_64.rpm
helps achieve what it is supposed to help achieve.
--Suresh