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