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| From: | Graham Murray <graham@×××××××××××.uk> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-dev@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: RFC: install linux-firmware with kernel sources (was Re: [gentoo-dev] Lastrite: Firmware cleanup, part #1) | ||
| Date: | Thu, 14 Feb 2013 06:37:48 | ||
| Message-Id: | 87bobncsen.fsf@einstein.gmurray.org.uk | ||
| In Reply to: | Re: RFC: install linux-firmware with kernel sources (was Re: [gentoo-dev] Lastrite: Firmware cleanup, part #1) by Peter Stuge |
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| 1 | Peter Stuge <peter@×××××.se> writes: |
| 2 | |
| 3 | > Kernel -sources USE is a handy way to install linux-firmware |
| 4 | > wholesale, but AIUI the standalone firmware packages would |
| 5 | > be removed too, effectively making the USE flag non-optional, and |
| 6 | > removing the possibility of having managed firmware packages. |
| 7 | > (People would have to download single firmware files on their own.) |
| 8 | |
| 9 | What would perhaps be nice would be to patch 'make firmware_install' |
| 10 | to have it call a utility which scans .config and fetches and installs any |
| 11 | firmware required for a configured device. |
| Subject | Author |
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| Re: RFC: install linux-firmware with kernel sources (was Re: [gentoo-dev] Lastrite: Firmware cleanup, part #1) | Michael Weber <xmw@g.o> |