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On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Dirkjan Ochtman <djc@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 4:05 PM, Pacho Ramos <pacho@g.o> wrote: |
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>> I agree as I have also needed to google and search in forums to get |
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>> proper firmware installed in the past in some machines :/ |
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> +1 from me; I've had a few machines break on kernel upgrades because I |
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> didn't have the proper firmware installed (I guess older kernel |
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> sources came with the firmware?). |
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This is another problem, namely dependency level problem. |
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I don't see how having kernel sources ebuilds providing /lib/firmware |
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would fix any of the listed issues without causing other "side |
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effects". |
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For starters, if kernel sources provide /lib/firmware, how do you deal |
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with file collisions? |
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> Cheers, |
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> Dirkjan |
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Fabio Erculiani |
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