Currently, around 80% of the space required by the kmod-mt76 package is due to firmware. On devices with small flash chips, not having to install these files can save precious flash space. Removing the firmware files currently frees around 160k of usable flash space - on the Netgear EX2700 (4M flash chip) this amounts to an increase of approximately 33%:
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/mtdblock5 564.0K 68.0K 496.0K 12% /overlay vs. Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/mtdblock5 728.0K 72.0K 656.0K 10% /overlay Since the firmware files are not required by all devices, can't we move them into a separate package (like kmod-rt2800-pci and rt2800-pci-firmware)? Joseph _______________________________________________ Lede-dev mailing list Lede-dev@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/lede-dev
