Re: non-free firmware: driver in main or contrib?

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Subject: Re: non-free firmware: driver in main or contrib?
From: Marco d'Itri <md@Linux.IT>
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:44:37 +0200 (CEST)
Message-id: <clihu5$sm4$1@wonderland.linux.it>
References: <clak79$4ub$1@wonderland.linux.it> <20041022172143.GA6749@glandium.org> <cle55s$ng4$1@wonderland.linux.it> <cle55s$ng4$1@wonderland.linux.it> <20041024023708.GB24774@glandium.org> <E1CLYJl-0007ji-00@chiark.greenend.org.uk> <E1CLYJl-0007ji-00@chiark.greenend.org.uk> <20041024203921.GE4257@mauritius.dodds.net> <E1CLqP0-00014L-00@chiark.greenend.org.uk> <20041025054517.GF6163@mauritius.dodds.net> <20041025055341.GE2303@zewt.org>

glenn@zewt.org wrote:

>Huh?  If a driver requires a firmware blob be copied from a driver CD,
Please repeat after me: "drivers do not require firmwares, hardware
devices require firmwares".

-- 
ciao,
Marco

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