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Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina schrieb: |
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> atmel-firmware ipw2100-firmware ipw2200-firmware b43-firmware |
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> b43legacy-firmware rtl8192su-firmware zd1201-firmware |
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> zd1211-firmware |
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> None of these are blockers on linux-firmware, none of these are |
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> included in linux firmware, none of these should be masked with no |
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> replacement as we are breaking approximately 90% of wifi cards on |
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> laptops built in the last 5 years. |
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I think your 90% figure is unsubstantiated and likely too high. Many |
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budget laptops nowadays use Realtek, Ralink or Atheros chipsets which |
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have firmware in linux-firmware.git |
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Firmware for iwlwifi is in linux-firmware.git too (Intel 3945ABG was |
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introduced in 2006) |
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For new Broadcom chipsets (following the launch of the |
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brcmsmac/brcmfmac drivers in 2010) the same is true. Users of older |
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chipsets can still use b43-fwcutter. |
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> Only the following acctually show masked when I update: |
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> -net-wireless/rtl8192su |
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That firmware is not useful with modern kernels. |
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> Due to the damage this will cause I am removing the mask on these |
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> NOW, I will cleanup the ebuilds today but this is bad, really |
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> really bad. If we are cleaning up linux-firmware that's great, but |
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> someone needs to check that the things we are masking/removing are |
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> actually in linux-firmware... |
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You were asked to file a bug report in the mask message if you want to |
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keep them. I agree that the following should stay: |
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atmel-firmware |
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ipw2100-firmware |
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ipw2200-firmware |
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zd1201-firmware |
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zd1211-firmware |
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About the others, losing them is not too dramatic. |
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Best regards, |
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Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn |
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