Bug#355881: initramfs-tools: should be hook-functions helper for firmware?

[maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at>]

On Sat, Jan 13, 2007 at 07:56:26PM +0000, Simon Mackinlay wrote:
> Package: initramfs-tools
> Version: 0.85e
> Followup-For: Bug #355881
> 
> 
> Perhaps more generically there should be firmware support in
> /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hook-functions orthogonal to the
> support for modules.

sure but they look very differently from what you think.
the support needs to land in modprobe first.
 
> firmware-nonfree would benefit from this in particular; see
> bts #406763, #386172.

nothing to be seen there, just use copy_exec

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maks