Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:15:58 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [GIT *] Allow request_firmware() to be satisfied from in-kernel, use it in more drivers. |
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On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Frans Pop wrote: > > So, how is this solved by Debian for already existing firmware packages? > Basically by making a separate package for each firmware file (or > driver). This works because there are not too many of them, but having a > huge number of tiny packages is a nightmare by itself.
Why don't you just take the kernel-supplied firmware and make it part of the kernel package? The same way the kernel-supplied modules are part of it?
You're sounding like
"Mommy, mommy, it hurts when I repeatedly hit my head against the wall and stick forks in my eyes!"
and quite frankly, it doesn't make me go "Oh, poor baby" at all.
Linus
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