Control: retitle -1 rtl8192cu: Misleading firmware log messages Control: severity -1 normal On Tue, 2017-11-21 at 12:55 -0800, Alyssa Rosenzweig wrote: > Package: src:linux > Version: 4.9.51-1 > Severity: serious > Justification: Policy 2.1.2 > > Is rtl8192cu supposed to work under Debian Stretch without the non-free > repositories enabled? > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open-source_wireless_drivers seems > pretty clear that this device should require nonfree firmware loaded. Thus, it > appears there may be an isuse with kernel deblobbing, seeing as the adaptor is > functioning normally under a supposedly fully free system. > > I am worried there may be non-DFSG compliant firmware packaged in main. [...] There isn't, at least not in this instance. The log messages are a little misleading. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Beware of programmers who carry screwdrivers. - Leonard Brandwein
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