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Peter Stuge schrieb: |
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> Kernel -sources USE is a handy way to install linux-firmware |
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> wholesale, but AIUI the standalone firmware packages would |
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> be removed too, effectively making the USE flag non-optional, and |
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> removing the possibility of having managed firmware packages. |
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> (People would have to download single firmware files on their own.) |
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I see that there exists some preference for individual firmware packages |
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for certain users or use cases. This is why the mask message told you to |
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report a bug if a particular firmware package is important to you. |
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> I think the objection is against a solution that will replace what |
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> is there at the moment and cause more firmware files to always be |
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> installed, if only some specific ones are actually needed. |
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USE=savedconfig can prevent installation of undesired firmware files. I |
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admit that this is not very user friendly though. And some of the |
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flexibility in mixing linux-firmware[savedconfig] and individual |
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packages has been destroyed by adding blocker against linux-firmware in |
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the individual packages (bug 456746 comment 4) |
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> Also: Is this only for gentoo-sources? What about the other -sources? |
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The suggestion is to have it for virtual/linux-sources. |
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Best regards, |
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Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn |
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