[gentoo-user] How to Transplant Firmware Blobs -- was: Issue with Wireless Interface

[gentoo-user] How to Transplant Firmware Blobs -- was: Issue with Wireless Interface

[Hunter Jozwiak]

Hi all. I found out that I was missing the firmware, not the drivers.
I have the firmware on a USB stick, so is it possible to transplant it
in to Gentoo?

Re: [gentoo-user] How to Transplant Firmware Blobs -- was: Issue with Wireless Interface

[Dale]

Hunter Jozwiak wrote:
> Hi all. I found out that I was missing the firmware, not the drivers.
> I have the firmware on a USB stick, so is it possible to transplant it
> in to Gentoo?
>
>

It may be in this package:

sys-kernel/linux-firmware

I can't recall why but I had to emerge that to get some firmwire a while
back. 

Hope that helps.

Dale

:-)  :-) 

-- 
I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!

Re: [gentoo-user] How to Transplant Firmware Blobs -- was: Issue with Wireless Interface

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Tue, 13 May 2014 20:00:55 -0500, Dale wrote:

> > Hi all. I found out that I was missing the firmware, not the drivers.
> > I have the firmware on a USB stick, so is it possible to transplant it
> > in to Gentoo?

> It may be in this package:
> 
> sys-kernel/linux-firmware

That's the best option, as portage will keep the firmware updated. If
your device is not covered and you have the bare firmware file, copy it
to /lib/firmware.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Indecision is the key to flexibility.

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RE: [gentoo-user] How to Transplant Firmware Blobs -- was: Issue with Wireless Interface

[Hunter Jozwiak]

-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Bothwick [mailto:neil@digimed.co.uk] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 4:45 AM
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How to Transplant Firmware Blobs -- was: Issue
with Wireless Interface

On Tue, 13 May 2014 20:00:55 -0500, Dale wrote:

> > Hi all. I found out that I was missing the firmware, not the drivers.
> > I have the firmware on a USB stick, so is it possible to transplant 
> > it in to Gentoo?

> It may be in this package:
> 
> sys-kernel/linux-firmware

That's the best option, as portage will keep the firmware updated. If your
device is not covered and you have the bare firmware file, copy it to
/lib/firmware.


--
Neil Bothwick

Indecision is the key to flexibility.
That's what I'll have to do, as my school conviently blocked the Portage
tree.