Re: problem with SATA disk, difference between standard kernel and Debian kernel
On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:21:26 -0600
Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> On 12/10/08 16:10, Celejar wrote:
> > On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:05:26 -0600
> > "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss03@volumehost.net> wrote:
> >
> >> On Wednesday 2008 December 10 15:15:56 lee wrote:
> >>> what's the difference between a standard kernel and a kernel that
> >>> comes as a Debian package?
> >> The Debian kernel has some non-free (as in: source not available) parts
> >> removed. There are also Debian-specific patches added.
> >
> > The vanilla kernel has non-free stuff in it? I thought it's all GPL.
>
> Some drivers have firmware blobs encoded in them as really long byte
> arrays. They are de jure GPL, but, practically, are closed source.
And Debian removes these, even thought they're technically GPL? Any
examples?
> Ron Johnson, Jr.
Celejar
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