From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 366921389F9 for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:50:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B6C3221C05A; Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:50:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A6DCD21C00A for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:50:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [130.149.91.41] (shishapangma.kbs.tu-berlin.de [130.149.91.41]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: chithanh) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 757CF33E1A8 for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:50:53 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <511BA84D.5080504@gentoo.org> Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:50:53 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?Q2jDrS1UaGFuaCBDaHJpc3RvcGhlciBOZ3V54buFbg==?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:18.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/18.0 SeaMonkey/2.15.1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: RFC: install linux-firmware with kernel sources (was Re: [gentoo-dev] Lastrite: Firmware cleanup, part #1) References: <5117560B.3090709@gentoo.org> <20130210174634.77631769@sf> <511B9767.2060909@gentoo.org> <511BA6FD.5070601@flameeyes.eu> In-Reply-To: <511BA6FD.5070601@flameeyes.eu> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: abce0f37-c0fb-4001-821f-24b0c0cba425 X-Archives-Hash: 64d73bfca155ff32581bd4c9fcb544ef Diego Elio Pettenò schrieb: > On 13/02/2013 14:38, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn wrote: >> https://bugs.gentoo.org/457082 >> Instead of USE defaults, this could be turned on in the desktop >> profile as wifi, radeon cards etc. are less likely to be present on >> non-desktop systems. > IIRC some server systems need ethernet cards' firmware though, so IUSE > defaults sounds better... Indeed. Firmware is also needed for some RAID controllers. I imagine that users of the default profile are more likely to not need hand-holding here and more likely to want a lean system by default. But I have no strong opinion either way. Best regards, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn