Package: firmware-linux Version: 0.43 Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer,
please reconsider bug #603775. That bug asked to include ihex2fw, to make it easier to install firmware from the vanilla linux sources that have been removed in Debian. When he closed that bug, Ben Hutchings assumed that everybody who has to install firmware from the kernel also has the vanilla kernel sources installed, so that ihex2fw doesn't need to be built from kernel sources in a Debian package. I, for one, didn't need the kernel sources, before I wanted to use my monitor USB hub (which asks for the ti_3410 firmware that is removed from the Debian kernel, but included as .ihex in the Debian mspdebug package as well as the upstream sources). Installing mspdebug (from Debian main) is the easiest way to get my firmware. Also, since the kernel sources are in github, it is very easy to download just the needed file. Please consider including ihex2fw, to make our lives easier. Thanks Michael -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'stable'), (10, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.16-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to de_DE.UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages firmware-linux depends on: ii firmware-linux-free 3.3 ii firmware-linux-nonfree 0.43 Versions of packages firmware-linux recommends: ii amd64-microcode 2.20131007.1+really20130710.1 ii intel-microcode 2.20140624.1 firmware-linux suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org