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On 02/11/2013 04:03 AM, Alexander Berntsen wrote: |
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> On 11/02/13 05:27, Peter Stuge wrote: |
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>> I, as another user, prefer not to have a whole bunch of firmware |
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>> installed if I only want one or two of them. |
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> +1. Also licences. It's a mess. Not suggesting that *I* have the |
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> magic-unicorn-land-perfect solution at hand though. |
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> |
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> On 09/02/13 10:09, Samuli Suominen wrote: |
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>> Maybe you don't understand how linux-firmware package works. It |
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>> only installs what you want -- it uses the savedconfig eclass to |
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>> handle a list of wanted firmwares. |
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>> I admit I never bothered to trim down my install of it, but the |
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>> point is YOU CAN do it. |
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> Please correct me if I'm wrong, but this sounds like opt-out. I very |
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> much dislike opt-out. |
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I'm sorry but "emerge linux-firmware" is not "opt-out" that would be the |
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opposite. You are specifically opting in by installing it (as you are |
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with ANY package in gentoo). Nothing pulls in linux-firmware afaik you |
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must install it manually. If you don't like how much is installed use |
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savedconfig or just download the firmware you need and drop it in place |
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and when it breaks you know to update. |
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We didn't cause this issue, as a whole the kernel community is no longer |
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accepting new firmware in the kernel tree. All of it is moved into |
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linux-firmware. Honestly I don't understand why people want broken |
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hardware, but if you do, by all means don't install linux-firmware. |
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Years ago firmware was just included, you always got it, and no one |
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complained....good times. |
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- -Zero |
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