[Bug 1490212] Re: "Modaliases" field missing from debian control file

[Adam Smith]

Attached is a patch to make firmware-b43legacy-installer a dummy
package.  The patch also includes and improves all the other patches
I've listed.

The only problem I've found is due to the debconf value b43-fwcutter
/install-unconditional and if this is true it now installs both lots of
firmware.  I can't really get my head around why b4-fwcutter sets this
value, but there is no harm in both lots of firmware being present, and
indeed it is what b43-fwcutter used to do in lucid days I believe.  The
readme file also says "It is recommended that you extract firmware for
both b43 and b43legacy in order to support both types of cards on your
system." so I'm not sure why we test for the type of firmware needed.

** Patch added: "combine.patch"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/b43-fwcutter/+bug/1490212/+attachment/4456380/+files/combine.patch

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Title:
  "Modaliases" field missing from debian control file

Status in b43-fwcutter package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The b43 module is not listed as an option by the "additional drivers"
  section of the software-properties-gtk utility.  This takes its
  information from the ubuntu-drivers-common package and a bug has been
  reported against that package
  (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-drivers-
  common/+bug/1186779 ).

  However, if I'm reading things correctly, the firmware-b43-installer
  package could solve this by providing a modaliases field in the debian
  control file.  For example, the bcmwl-kernel-source package has the
  line:

  Modaliases: wl(pci:v000014E4d*sv*sd*bc02sc80i*)

  This would be scanned by the ubuntu-drivers-common package and
  consequently appear in software-properties-gtk.

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