Re: Missing iwl5150-firmware package?
On 01/24/2010 06:18 PM, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:26:10 +0100
drago01 <drago01(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 7:44 PM, Jonathan Dieter <jdieter(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Is there some reason we don't have a iwl5150-firmware package? Or
>> that /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-5150-2.ucode isn't included in
>> iwl5000-firmware?
>>
>> Just asking because I was helping someone on #fedora get their Intel
>> 5150ABN working, and it seems that this missing firmware was the
>> reason it wasn't. The firmware is available from
>> http://intellinuxwireless.org/?p=iwlwifi&n=downloads.
>
> Seems like indeed nobody packaged it yet.
>
> Maybe John wants to add it to the iwl5000-firmware package so you
> should ask him (cc'ed) first before actually submitting a package.
why wouldn't this be part of the linux-firmware general "all firmware"
package instead?
* Because the kitchen-sink approach to packaging isn't a good one
* Because at some point, in a utopian future, we'd like to be able to
replace the binary firmware chunks with free-licensed bits
* Because we don't want to force everyone to update everytime one piece
of firmware updates
Take your pick.
~spot