Package: firmware-nonfree Version: 0.17 Severity: important Starting with Linux 2.6.30, the advansys firmware is not built into the kernel, but loaded. This firmware is BSD-licensed so it's safe to put it in non-free (it has no source so it's not free).
These are the four files needed: 3550.bin 38C0800.bin 38C1600.bin mcode.bin They go in /lib/firmware/advansys. It's in the linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git repo. It seems important to me that firmware-nonfree start distributing these files before the 2.6.30 kernel hits 'testing', in order that users of the advansys SCSI cards can have a smooth transition. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (499, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
