[gentoo-dev] Re: Packages up for grabs due lack of time

[Ryan Hill <dirtyepic@gentoo.org>]

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On Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:40:10 +0100
Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn <chithanh@gentoo.org> wrote:

> Peter Stuge schrieb:
> > linux-firmware is okey but not great. The high resolution is there, which
> > was my main concern, but
> it's not so easy to know how to create a savedconfig without installing
> the package.
> 
> Just create a text file
> /etc/portage/savedconfig/sys-kernel/linux-firmware with the desired
> filename(s) and emerge linux-firmware with USE="savedconfig" enabled.

He means that until you install the package with all firmware enabled you don't
know what lines you need to put into the savedconfig file.

Even after you do that it's hard to figure out what firmware files you actually
need.  I know I need iwl6000 firmware for Intel Ultimate-N 6300 wifi, but
linux-firmware contains:

iwlwifi-6000-4.ucode
iwlwifi-6000g2a-5.ucode
iwlwifi-6000g2a-6.ucode
iwlwifi-6000g2b-5.ucode
iwlwifi-6000g2b-6.ucode

Are these different versions?  Different cards?  Which do I need?  I had to
go back and reinstall sys-firmware/iwl6000-ucode to see which file was the
right one.


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