On Tue, 25 Jan 2011, Simon Josefsson wrote: > Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <h...@debian.org> writes: > > * Package name : iucode-tool > ... > > It requires non-free microcode data downloaded directly from Intel or > > installed by the intel-microcode package in order to be able to update > > the system processors. > > Would that be in main or contrib? By the description it looks like it > would be in contrib to me, but possibly there is free microcode > available too?
Free microcode available? Not really. It will go in contrib. Which is NOT nice for something that really should be installed in every x86/x86-64 box with an Intel processor (with the exception of recent servers from reputable vendors that update their BIOS frequently). -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110125225747.ga25...@khazad-dum.debian.net
