firmware files obsolte

[stan]

On Mon, 9 Nov 2015 10:15:41 +0100
Maurizio Marini <maumar at datalogica.com> wrote:

> Hello there
> I am trying to get my fedora cleaned up with some house keeping:
> Fedora housewife  home works :P
> 
> I am noting that I have a bunch of very obsolete firmware files:
> 
> ipw2100-firmware-1.3-17.fc21.noarch
> ipw2200-firmware-3.1-10.fc21.noarch
> zd1211-firmware-1.4-10.fc21.noarch
> ivtv-firmware-20080701-28.noarch
> aic94xx-firmware-30-6.fc20.noarch
> ar9170-firmware-2009.05.28-4.fc17.noarch
> atmel-firmware-1.3-13.fc21.noarch
> 
> This is an Asus notebook X73B and using lsmod I see that wifi chipset
> is athereos
> 
> ath9k_hw              458752  2 ath9k_common,ath9k
> ath                    28672  3 ath9k_common,ath9k,ath9k_hw
> 
> Can I safely remove that obsolete firmware packages, according to
> you ?

I would.  Store those package names in a file.  Then remove them, and
reboot.  If everything works, you're home free.  If not, install each
in turn until you find the missing ingredient (using the file you
saved to keep track of them).

But it looks to me like you should have no worries removing them.