Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it?
On Tue, 2022-04-26 at 10:47 +0300, Hakan Bayındır wrote:
> While I understand where you're coming from, I don't think such thing
> is necessary, because a) Most popular devices with non-free firmware
> blobs already work without such firmware
No, they do not. Most popular devices won't work at all without non-
free firmware, including boring things such as mass storage (SD cards,
SSD, HDD, ..., and controllers), input devices (keyboards, mice, ...).
> , albeit with a lower performance
> (e.g. Realtek NICs), and b) The drivers gracefully handle the lack of
> firmware already, with a couple of harmless "ERROR:" messages.
I would assume such NICs actually come with preinstalled non-free
firmware which just has less functionality...
I get the impression you pretend that preinstalled non-free firmware
just doesn't exist.
Ansgar
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