Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina schrieb: > atmel-firmware ipw2100-firmware ipw2200-firmware b43-firmware > b43legacy-firmware rtl8192su-firmware zd1201-firmware > zd1211-firmware > > None of these are blockers on linux-firmware, none of these are > included in linux firmware, none of these should be masked with no > replacement as we are breaking approximately 90% of wifi cards on > laptops built in the last 5 years.
I think your 90% figure is unsubstantiated and likely too high. Many budget laptops nowadays use Realtek, Ralink or Atheros chipsets which have firmware in linux-firmware.git Firmware for iwlwifi is in linux-firmware.git too (Intel 3945ABG was introduced in 2006) For new Broadcom chipsets (following the launch of the brcmsmac/brcmfmac drivers in 2010) the same is true. Users of older chipsets can still use b43-fwcutter. > Only the following acctually show masked when I update: > -net-wireless/rtl8192su That firmware is not useful with modern kernels. > Due to the damage this will cause I am removing the mask on these > NOW, I will cleanup the ebuilds today but this is bad, really > really bad. If we are cleaning up linux-firmware that's great, but > someone needs to check that the things we are masking/removing are > actually in linux-firmware... You were asked to file a bug report in the mask message if you want to keep them. I agree that the following should stay: atmel-firmware ipw2100-firmware ipw2200-firmware zd1201-firmware zd1211-firmware About the others, losing them is not too dramatic. Best regards, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn
