From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 30902 invoked from network); 8 Mar 2021 12:51:36 -0000 Received: from 1ess.inri.net (216.126.196.35) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 8 Mar 2021 12:51:36 -0000 Received: from mail-02.mail-europe.com ([51.89.119.103]) by 1ess; Mon Mar 8 07:45:55 -0500 2021 Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2021 12:44:26 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail; t=1615207472; bh=9cIZPPG5Wqi9AZTLNjfb0aIE8vqYlnj1zPX7l+q/p4g=; h=Date:To:From:Reply-To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=M9ozWmJ2Gf2u0W09Pa6wowQfKxRIMNFqaRp8BqbturDDOmX+bTrHPCllr9ZLhhebv EQPzL1SUifH/hLVJD/rA+htEL5E/3RSdy/ecDuHE66tiYSQgxsJDe4FBsjGS3ygwYw U6Hlzn1qV9xcYA8zCzBVQtxeGFNrRrpZIqjF1ObA= To: "9front@9front.org" <9front@9front.org> From: kemal Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <5B363A6921AF13A6394AA2B6B05DB843@gmail.com> References: <5B363A6921AF13A6394AA2B6B05DB843@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable List-ID: <9front.9front.org> List-Help: X-Glyph: ➈ X-Bullshit: responsive anonymous element HTTP template replication Subject: Re: [9front] distproto: include the files in /lib/firmware/* Reply-To: 9front@9front.org Precedence: bulk (also, is 9front ml shitting itself again? i take some messages late.) > Another way would be to have enough space on FAT parition to copy > firmware to ("firmware" directory on that partition) and to bind it on > top of /lib/firmware during boot process. ISO stays the same, the > user is free to copy firmware as they please after writing the ISO to > USB flash drive or whatever. My original intention of this patch is very close to this. The diff changes distproto so that copydist will also copy firmwares in /lib/firmwar= e/*. This way, user can put fws to /lib/firmware after writing the iso to the US= B, then they don't have boot again to another OS/use another device to take fw= s. We would also warn the novice users to put fws before they boot up the USB in the FQA. If we are going to put fws to the distribution, we should put it into just ISO as some firmwares (8260 and 9260 fws) take 2MB of space. Putting this big of files into the repo is not a good idea. > There WILL be a point where it's going to be either old > or missing. Speaking of old... OpenBSD's fw tarball is outdated, they provide version 34 I think for 8260+ series but 8260's latest version is 36 and 9260 has version 46!!!!!!!! See: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git= /tree/ > Maybe something like OpenBSD does where a tool will try to download the f= irmwares after installation? The purpose of the diff was for the people who can access internet only thr= ough wifi and their card requires fw.