Hello, Maxim Cournoyer <[email protected]> writes:
> Hi, > > Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <[email protected]> writes: > >> Hi Jacob, >> >> Jacob K via Bug reports for GNU Guix 写道： >>> Files such as hal8812a_fw.c [1] have large arrays that seem to be >>> binary >>> firmware encoded in text. My understanding is that source code is >>> not >>> available, so I believe the files are nonfree software, >> >> Even if free source code exists, we should still remove the blobs and >> build our own. (Yes, we actually do this for other firmware :-) >> >>> the short-term at least, be removed from Guix. Long term it would be >>> good to get the source code (via reverse engineering or asking >>> Realtek), >>> but I imagine that would take a significant amount of time and >>> effort (I >>> do have a Realtek USB Wi-Fi card, maybe not with this exact firmware >>> though.). >> >> Unfortunately all correct. Another blow to wireless networking with >> Guix. Attached is a patch removing the rtl8821ce-linux-module and >> rtl8812au-aircrack-ng-linux-module packages. Closing, as the drivers were removed in Tobias's commit b8f2eb286ec52c97048e23d326d94ae5772797e8. Thanks, Maxim
