Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it?
On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 12:17:06PM +0000, Jeremy Stanley wrote:
> It's probably what you meant, but just to be clear, as a user I'd
> also want to know which of the firmware packages used/installed were
> pulled from non-free and what devices prompted their addition.
> Something like "The following packages do not meet Debian Free
> Software Guidelines but were installed because they're necessary in
> order to enable or secure some of your hardware: foo(CPUX21
> processor microcode), bar(PM2743 power management controller),
> baz(RF17G wireless interface), ..."
Why? Don't you want to use your devices? And will you also remove the
flash chips for the ones that contain a backed in firmware (aka all of
them)?
Bastian
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