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SubjectRe: RFC: install firmware in a kernel-dependent directory
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On Sat, 2009-02-14 at 21:00 +0100, Michael Riepe wrote:
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> That means that it shouldn't be delivered with the kernel in the first
> place, right? Neither built in nor as a separate file. Maybe that's an
> even better solution: distribute it separately.

We do. See the linux-firmware.git repository, which contains a bunch of
extra firmware too; not just the bits we've stripped out of legacy
drivers.

You can completely ignore the firmware that's shipped with the kernel,
and you're right -- it should go away. In time I hope it will.

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dwmw2



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