Re: firmware-linux package non-free?
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:30:04AM -0700, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-09-28 at 17:06 +0200, Jürgen Kertz wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > Thank you all for explaining the matter to me!
> > I finally understand why there has to be this non-free firmware package.
> >
> > Hopefully there will be a convenient "exception" for the squeeze release
> > similar to the vote for lenny, but i guess this has to be discussed
> > somewhere else.
>
> There will be no such exception. You should assume that you will need
> to provide firmware on separate media such as a USB flash drive when
> installing squeeze. (This is already the case for lenny when using some
> wireless devices for installation.)
Though note that you can mod your installer to include any necessary
firmware - assuming your driver has support for loading it. Here's a
script to do that, which works w/ the firmware redistributed in
non-free:
http://dannf.org/bloggf/tech/add-firmware-to.html
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