-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Frederik Schueler wrote: > Hello, > > On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 02:15:54PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: >> Change this policy. You really must make two exceptions: >> (1) Removal of material which Debian cannot legally distribute, if >> upstream insists on keeping it. >> (2) Removal of material which does not satisfy the DFSG, if >> upstream insists on keeping it. > > Indeed, this should be another topic for the next kernel-team meeting. > > >> One piece of "broken functionality" is loading firmware before the >> root partition is mounted -- the lack of this breaks netbooting on the >> boards which need the firmware. However, I can't do anything about this: >> it requires running udev in the initramfs. This problem is not specific >> to this driver. > > the needed functionality is provided by the initramfs-hook in the > firmware-nonfree package, which makes sure the firmware.agent from udev > is present in the initramfs too.
Rocking! I didn't know that was ready. >> A second piece of "broken functionality" is the functionality provided >> by the firmware: if the firmware isn't there and isn't loaded, the >> functionality isn't there. Duh. I also can't do anything about this. > > Which functionality? TSO? I believe so. >>> Then, firmware-loading support in d-i is still missing, this issue >>> should be be fixed too before we consider the patch. >> Firmware loading support patches are being refused in d-i until after etch >> is released. Therefore, this amounts to a "We will not accept any firmware >> loading patches until after we release etch" policy. Good to know. I can >> still queue them up for you to commit afterwards, though. > > if we want to release in time, we should indeed collect the patches for > post-etch. Excellent. > 2.6.20 should be the target for the first patches, as the > merge window for 2.6.19 will not be open long enough anymore, except for > the dgrs removal. Okey-dokey. I'm all happy now. :-) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFIbuSRGZ0aC4lkIIRArC3AJ99p6DQhY20+vGAO0eIjsWwcHjMZACeNr85 j4rC2towsqrguFtUIuiMc+4= =5aGE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
