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On 09/02/13 11:06, Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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>>>>>> On Fri, 8 Feb 2013, TomᨠChvátal wrote: |
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>> 2013/2/8 Diego Elio Pettenò <flameeyes@×××××××××.eu>: |
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>>> I would say that we might want to review linux-firmware, and if the |
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>>> newest firmware _is_ there, just get rid of the split one. |
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>> That should be probably the best approach, to actually kill of the |
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>> lone ones and keep the linux-firmware only. |
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> I disagree. Why should we force users to install lots of crap (some of |
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> it being non-free) that they will never need because they don't have |
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> the hardware? |
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> Ulrich |
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Maybe you don't understand how linux-firmware package works. It only |
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installs what you want -- it uses the savedconfig eclass to handle a |
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list of wanted firmwares. |
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I admit I never bothered to trim down my install of it, but the point is |
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YOU CAN do it. |
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- Samuli |
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