On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 10:13:28PM +0200, maximilian attems wrote: > On Wed, 01 Jun 2005, Andrei Emeltchenko wrote: > > > I have Dell GX280 and because of removing tg3.c cannot use > > network. Is there any other solution like compiling > > modules (i.e. nvidia-source) or somebody just removed > > drivers because of his beleives? > > yeaah please either read other bug reports concerned by tg3 > or read d-k there you find hints where do get those non-free bits.
A slightly longer description of the problem as seen on http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2005/05/msg00077.html This has been brought up and answered several times a week for the past few months. Its an unfortunate system but here is the situation: 1. There are some bits of code from upstream that can't be included in main, and thus kernel-image packages, because of licencing concerns. In a nutshell they aren't considered DFSG free. 2. These have been moved into the nonfree package mentioned earlier in the thread. This will be uploaded to debian. However, there are some concernes about the distibutability of some of the drivers in the package, and until that is all cleaned up it can't be uploaded. http://www.acm.cs.rpi.edu/~dilinger/kernel-source-nonfree-2.6.11/ 3. In the mean time anyone who needs those drivers has to tediously search the internet and find a message like this one linking to the URL, or use the Kernel.Org kernel. Clearly this sux and I sympathise with complaints about it, even though I am a member of the team that has created this mess. -- Horms -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
