Re: Bug#239952: kernel-source-2.6.4: qla2xxx contains non-free firmware
Nathanael Nerode wrote:
> Herbert Xu wrote:
>> Really? Show me one machine that fails to boot due to a missing PNG and
>> I'll show you one that doesn't boot because we've had to remove a driver
>> with binary firmware embedded.
Actually, to ask a factual question, how many of these binary firmware
things really are "doesn't boot" cases? That couldn't include firmware for
anything except the CPU, internal buses, and disks. You might stretch it
to include the video card (in its most minimal mode -- and most support VGA
out of the box these days), the monitor, the keyboard, and the buses those
are connected to.
In contrast, most of the examples I've seen are hardware quite definitely
not needed to boot (although perhaps very frustrating to be without).
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