Building a list of missing firmware (was Re: Fedora 8 ideas)

Nicolas Mailhot nicolas.mailhot at laposte.net
Thu Jun 7 17:45:25 UTC 2007


Le jeudi 07 juin 2007 à 19:53 +0200, Hans de Goede a écrit :

> I think we need to build a list of all potential needed / wanted firmware, with 
> URL's where to download it and instructions howto unpack it.
> 
> We then also need to start contacting the manufacturers asking for 
> redistribution permission.
> 
> Here is a start of the list with things metioned sofar:
> sil firmware (for prism and prism_pci)
> bcm firmware
> ralink firmware
> speedtouch firmware
> alsa firmware

+ ivtv firmware Axel promised to submit for review someday (he got the
licensing acked by the vendor, and has a working package atrpms side,
and has asked to be the one who merges it in Fedora)

> I think this is best put in the wiki, but where, maybe a firmware SIG?

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Mailhot
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