Bug#1029814: ixp4xx-microcode: no longer useful, ixp4xx support dropped in 2014
Package: ixp4xx-microcode
Severity: serious
Justification: obsolete
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-boot@lists.debian.org
Hi,
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For context, here's my initial list of packages that seemed interesting
enough to move from non-free to non-free-firmware:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2023/01/msg00150.html
This was a quick, initial search, on amd64 only, so I hadn't seen this
armel-only package yet; but I'm going through an extensive search this
time! :)
Anyway, ixp4xx support was dropped from the Debian Linux kernel a long
time ago (and from the installer later, once we noticed):
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| linux (3.17-1~exp1) experimental; urgency=medium
|
| * New upstream release: http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.17
|
| * armel: Drop ixp4xx image.
| * topconfig: Reenable renamed IP_NF_NAT. (closes #762458)
| * udeb: refix renamed i2c-core.
|
| -- maximilian attems <maks@debian.org> Tue, 14 Oct 2014 23:01:39 +0200
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So I'm not sure it makes sense to keep this package in the archive.
If there are still valid reasons to keep it, that's fine: just close this
bug report, and move your package from non-free to non-free-firmware, so
that users have a single place to configure to find all firmware packages
(release notes etc. are being worked on).
Thanks for your time!
Cheers,
--
Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org) <https://debamax.com/>
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant
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