Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 5 Jul 2008 12:53:17 +0200 | From | Olivier Galibert <> | Subject | Re: [bug?] tg3: Failed to load firmware "tigon/tg3_tso.bin" |
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On Sat, Jul 05, 2008 at 09:41:56AM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote: > Yes, it will, if the firmware blobs are packed into the kernel > package. In a long term, we can put firmware files into a separate, > architecture independent noarch package, though. This will save the > total package size, too.
That could be interestingly hard, actually. Right now the kernel package is one of these packages designed so that multiple versions can be installed together. When the version of one of the firmwares changes, the firmware package will have to be updated. But will it keep the previous version? If it doesn't, the possibly still installed older kernels won't work anymore. If it does, it will accumulate a lot of files over time...
OG.
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