* [gentoo-user] How to Transplant Firmware Blobs -- was: Issue with Wireless Interface
@ 2014-05-14 0:48 Hunter Jozwiak
2014-05-14 1:00 ` Dale
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From: Hunter Jozwiak @ 2014-05-14 0:48 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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?
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* Re: [gentoo-user] How to Transplant Firmware Blobs -- was: Issue with Wireless Interface
2014-05-14 0:48 [gentoo-user] How to Transplant Firmware Blobs -- was: Issue with Wireless Interface Hunter Jozwiak
@ 2014-05-14 1:00 ` Dale
2014-05-14 8:44 ` Neil Bothwick
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From: Dale @ 2014-05-14 1:00 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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!
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* Re: [gentoo-user] How to Transplant Firmware Blobs -- was: Issue with Wireless Interface
2014-05-14 1:00 ` Dale
@ 2014-05-14 8:44 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-05-14 11:53 ` Hunter Jozwiak
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From: Neil Bothwick @ 2014-05-14 8:44 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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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
2014-05-14 8:44 ` Neil Bothwick
@ 2014-05-14 11:53 ` Hunter Jozwiak
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Hunter Jozwiak @ 2014-05-14 11:53 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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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.
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