[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marco d'Itri) writes: > On Dec 11, Glenn Maynard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> If the driver has to be able to open the file and read the blob so it >> can send it to the device, there's a clear relationship and dependency >> between the driver and the blob: if you don't have a copy of the blob, >> the driver doesn't work. (Spewing out "hardware error, firmware not >> loaded" doesn't count to me as "working".) > The driver is fully capable by itself of driving the device, which is > what it is designed to do. The hardware device may not work, but this is > not due to a failure of the driver in doing whatever it needs to do. > So, for me this qualifies as "working". > > -- > ciao, | > Marco | [9735 inevA7NZIx.BE]
Does it work with the firmware.deb installed? yes. Does it work without the firmare.deb installed? no. => Depends Nuff said, Goswin