Ulrich Mueller <u...@gentoo.org> wrote: >>>>>> On Fri, 8 Feb 2013, Tomáš Chvátal wrote: > >> 2013/2/8 Diego Elio Pettenò <flamee...@flameeyes.eu>: >>> I would say that we might want to review linux-firmware, and if the >>> newest firmware _is_ there, just get rid of the split one. >>> >> That should be probably the best approach, to actually kill of the >> lone ones and keep the linux-firmware only. > >I disagree. Why should we force users to install lots of crap (some of >it being non-free) that they will never need because they don't have >the hardware? > >Ulrich
Why not specify which firmwares are to be installed using a 'FIRMWARE' variable. Similar to VIDEOCARDS? -- Joost Roeleveld -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
