On Wed, 2012-05-09 at 21:33 +0200, mark sullivan wrote: > Hi everybody, > I was coming to OpenBSD 5.1 looking for reasonable privacy and when I > install it (amd64 flavour), I see that fw_update automatically installs > propietary firmware without my permission. Actually even worse, it updates it > automatically from the net! > The parts affected are quite meaningful: the network card and the video > card... I mean.. ???? Should I request that you install propietary firmware > for my sound card too so that everybody can record my voice too? > I would like to hear your arguments on this and if there is a simple way to > disable fw_update and uninstall in general everything propietary affecting > the network card that I have not been warned about. I read on the FAQ that I > should have been asked about this firmware but I wasnB4t! (amd64 cd > installer). > Thanks much, > Mark >
This surprised me too, having been used to being asked when 5.1 was still -current. Note that if you don't set up a network interface during the install (or more to the point, don't initially boot with an /etc/hostname.$INTERFACE file), fw_update won't try to run. Weldon
