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Bug#982402: marked as done (Firmware needs prober)

Your message dated Wed, 10 Feb 2021 04:45:47 +0300
with message-id <1436711612921485@mail.yandex.ru>
and subject line Re: Firmware needs prober
has caused the Debian Bug report #982402,
regarding Firmware needs prober
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Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

Sure, one can install
all the firmware-*
packages in Debian, and thus be sure one has all the firmware one needs.

However that is a big waste. Many megabytes of wasted updates for who
knows what, some IBM printer from 1967, who knows?

Therefore there should be a package, that probes the system, to see
exactly what firmware packages one really needs.

Yes, it needs to be a highly specialized script that knows what kinds of
places to probe for what. (like lshw.)

And in its man page it needs to say "turn on / plug in all your devices
for best results."

Sure, a lot of firmware needs just cannot be probed, and one must wait
for problems to occur before one starts searching Google with the
symptoms, finally finding the answer, hopefully.

Yes, it would be nice if each hardware that needed firmware could be
probed in a standard way so that it would respond saying what firmware
it needed. Etc.

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--- Begin Message --- 
Hi,

This part of BTS is devoted to packaging of already existing software.

If there is software which may be used as you described, then you may
open correct RFP bug report for packaging it.

If there is no such software you may discuss your ideas in
debian-devel@lists.debian.org mailing list. And maybe someone will be
interested enough to implement them in code.

[1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2021/02/maillist.html

Best wishes,
Boris

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