Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. put forth on 2/22/2010 1:01 PM: > So, non-free firmware is normally moved to non-free instead of being dropped > from Debian entirely for many years now. Drivers that were previously > dropped > because of non-free firmware might be added back in, if they can be modified > to use request_firmware(). Filing a bug might be appropriate here.
So how do you make this jibe with the case of the RTL 8168/9 in Squeeze 2.6.32, where the driver exists and loads, yet can't find the firmware blob, then fails? I'm talking the Squeeze 2.6.32 kernel. There was a lengthy thread a month ago. An OP's RTL 8169 wouldn't function because the new kernel couldn't load the firmware blob. My investigation shows the Debian kernel team (not upstream) removed the firmware blob as they deemed it "non-free". Dig up the old post for details. >From what you're saying, it should have still been distributed somewhere into the filesystem and findable by the kernel, so as to not brick the users' ethernet, no? Well, it didn't happen. The firmware blob was completely ripped out by the Debian kernel team and or other devs and now bricks RTL 8168/9 interfaces. I am asking you about this specific case, not about whether the Debian kernel team are normally "good and flawless". -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4b83a91b.8040...@hardwarefreak.com
