From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (unknown [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E53B1381FA for ; Wed, 14 May 2014 11:54:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4B903E09DA; Wed, 14 May 2014 11:54:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qc0-f175.google.com (mail-qc0-f175.google.com [209.85.216.175]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49CADE09C2 for ; Wed, 14 May 2014 11:54:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qc0-f175.google.com with SMTP id w7so2561254qcr.34 for ; Wed, 14 May 2014 04:54:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:references:in-reply-to:subject:date:message-id:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:thread-index :content-language; bh=XGF7GIHdRd4G0KLYpAmLGd2yUfSX9yUqLwUy8vKi3j4=; b=K+PRTDdrAdIcRgemtuQIybx55PeileI0E2+U6DUWTuzyGrHYTRiKGNM4hVeLso0x4N xzhD+a2XXNW9RPtZltUdugZuR5fuaALMh6CKqSjrkdM8dNPZpY1e2QmabfA4/Qsj/oai pLPDXyvdvH2o0+0ge62eKeSzkiOJgJ6dtLd3XB5pt+LFeXdcng9lGpuh9iGf70SmK9iV E15Z/HRrPSeVWT21Y+19+ZkYBIx/5csEywgJJgMR9cKWtQ/0IOzkqyuM3ISbuvup3h1H 20r1EXfrwqWPcX235uuWtUSSnGeZejpgyeGzUWHITnmn2heD+k+AWe7nyvkyZ7CoWLAQ lE6g== X-Received: by 10.224.64.132 with SMTP id e4mr2578522qai.16.1400068484474; Wed, 14 May 2014 04:54:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from CNAStation07 ([204.126.11.232]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id k16sm2561071qaa.39.2014.05.14.04.54.43 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 14 May 2014 04:54:43 -0700 (PDT) From: "Hunter Jozwiak" To: References: <5372C047.1060502@gmail.com> <20140514094459.12347738@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20140514094459.12347738@digimed.co.uk> Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] How to Transplant Firmware Blobs -- was: Issue with Wireless Interface Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 07:53:11 -0400 Message-ID: <01ae01cf6f6b$16ae28d0$440a7a70$@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Thread-Index: AQJLr3RfNBnujsUgnbg+7BGuc9TKywHsM5+2AXCYawSaLJC6UA== Content-Language: en-us X-Archives-Salt: 4a51e199-4d5c-4099-9e43-02d734e79e24 X-Archives-Hash: 4fcc0c7b2c552269766d209ad90af6c4 -----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.