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On 02/10/2013 10:55 AM, Maxim Kammerer wrote: |
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> On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@g.o> wrote: |
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>> # Some of these install to wrong directory, /lib64/firmware |
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>> # as opposed to correct /lib/firmware |
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>> # Some of these don't have maintainer |
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>> # Some of these are replaced by the firmware from the |
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>> # linux-firmware package: |
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> |
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>> net-wireless/b43-firmware |
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>> net-wireless/b43legacy-firmware |
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> These are neither of the above. |
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> I also don't understand masking packages because the firmware is in |
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> linux-firmware. Is this an official policy? Sometimes firmware |
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> packages are slotted, and it's also easier to install a package than |
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> list and update a changing set of firmware files in |
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> /etc/portage/savedconfig/sys-kernel/linux-firmware (referring to |
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> ar9271, rt2860, rt2870, i2400m). |
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> On the other hand, firmware is often very stable, so why mask a |
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> package just because it has no maintainer? Who wins by having atmel, |
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> or zd1201/zd1211 masked? There are no open bugs, so what's the point? |
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Honestly while I agree this could have been handled a little more |
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carefully we all win by having ONE place for firmware. The firmware |
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package is like 20MB, if you don't have that much free harddrive space |
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then you can use the savedconfig option to tune for just your hardware |
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but honestly this package is rather critical for any system that does |
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wifi or video capture and a few other things. I don't want to have to |
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hunt and find firmware packages, the ones that are seperate due to |
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license issues (read: Broadcom) will stay seperate, the rest I'll be |
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poking upstream about including in the firmware tree then killing. |
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Having 300 -firmware packages is silly. |
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- -Zero |
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