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On Wed, 17 Jun 2020 10:58:03 -0400 |
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Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 7:42 AM Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote: |
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> > >>>>> On Wed, 17 Jun 2020, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> > > Can we please put users above silly politics? Gentoo 'does not |
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> > > depend' on any non-free package to print the warning. If people |
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> > > have hardware that requires non-free firmware, the least we can |
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> > > do is point out where to get this firmware from. |
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> > s/If/If and only if/ and I'll be fine with it. :) |
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> Are you proposing that the ebuild inspect the user's hardware and/or |
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> kernel config before printing a warning? That sounds like a terrible |
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> idea to me. Who is going to maintain the problematic hardware list? |
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The kernel. Try 'modinfo -F firmware iwlwifi'. |
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e.g. something like that could work: |
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modinfo -F firmware $(lsmod | sed '1d' | awk '{print $1}') |
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or if there is a need to be extra protective, iterate over all |
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installed modules. |
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