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Bug#464954: ITP: ixp4xx-microcode -- non-free firmware for the ixp4xx ethernet



On Sat, 2008-02-09 at 20:48 -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
> 
> The nslu2 needs non-free firmware for its ethernet. This is currently
> distributed in the d-i installation images on slug-firmware.net.
> 
> The firmware can be downloaded from 
> <http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&ProductID=2100&DwnldID=12954&strOSs=All&OSFullName=All%20Operating%20Systems&lang=eng>
> 
> A change in the license means it's free enough for er, non-free.
<snip>

This should be added to firmware-nonfree, not packaged separately.  At
least that's the advice I got for Ralink firmware.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Computers are not intelligent.  They only think they are.

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