On Tue, 2022-04-26 at 10:47 +0300, Hakan Bayındır wrote: > While I understand where you're coming from, I don't think such thing > is necessary, because a) Most popular devices with non-free firmware > blobs already work without such firmware
No, they do not. Most popular devices won't work at all without non- free firmware, including boring things such as mass storage (SD cards, SSD, HDD, ..., and controllers), input devices (keyboards, mice, ...). > , albeit with a lower performance > (e.g. Realtek NICs), and b) The drivers gracefully handle the lack of > firmware already, with a couple of harmless "ERROR:" messages. I would assume such NICs actually come with preinstalled non-free firmware which just has less functionality... I get the impression you pretend that preinstalled non-free firmware just doesn't exist. Ansgar
