On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 10:17:52AM +0000, David Woodhouse wrote: > On Wed, 2009-10-28 at 10:48 +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 07:30:47AM +0000, David Woodhouse wrote: > > > That's intentional. There is no need for it -- the firmware should live > > > in /lib/firmware. > > > > > > If there are incompatible versions of firmware, then they'll have a > > > different filename and can co-exist. > > > > This is, however, a challenge for the packaging system. With the > > current scheme, I cannot have the firmware package for kernel 2.6.x > > installed while the firmware package for kernel 2.6.y is installed. > > Right. The newer firmware package ought to be perfectly sufficient for > use with the older kernel.
It frequently is not. See ipw2x00. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
