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| From: | Pacho Ramos <pacho@g.o> | ||
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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: | Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:06:06 | ||
| Message-Id: | 1360508715.26312.8.camel@belkin4 | ||
| In Reply to: | RFC: install linux-firmware with kernel sources (was Re: [gentoo-dev] Lastrite: Firmware cleanup, part #1) by Sergei Trofimovich |
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| 1 | El dom, 10-02-2013 a las 17:46 +0300, Sergei Trofimovich escribió: |
| 2 | [...] |
| 3 | > The source of confusion was non-working device by default. |
| 4 | > Maybe 'IUSE=+firmware; RDEPEND="firmware? ( sys-kernel/linux-firmware )"' |
| 5 | > for virtual/linux-sources would help user experience a bit. |
| 6 | > |
| 7 | > Sometimes firmware loader does not even write fw file |
| 8 | > it expects to be present on FS in dmesg (like certain broadcom drivers) |
| 9 | > thus it's nontrivial for user to figure out needed package to be installed. |
| 10 | > |
| 11 | > Thanks! |
| 12 | > |
| 13 | |
| 14 | I agree as I have also needed to google and search in forums to get |
| 15 | proper firmware installed in the past in some machines :/ |
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| Re: RFC: install linux-firmware with kernel sources (was Re: [gentoo-dev] Lastrite: Firmware cleanup, part #1) | Maxim Kammerer <mk@×××.su> |
| Re: RFC: install linux-firmware with kernel sources (was Re: [gentoo-dev] Lastrite: Firmware cleanup, part #1) | Dirkjan Ochtman <djc@g.o> |