On Monday 06 October 2008, Ferenc Wagner wrote: > You discuss both the tarball and the package method clearly. The > first is simpler, I guess that's why it's mentioned first and is > preferred. But the second is cleaner on the installed system, thus > the work of selecting the relevant firmware package can't be avoided > anyway. I'm also not sure whether dpkg would silently overwrite the > copied firmware files if a firmware package is installed later. No, for the installed system it makes absolutely no difference which of the two is used. (At least, if I read the code correctly.) The tarball contains firware _packages_, not loose firmware files.
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