Nathanael Nerode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If the driver does not provide any significant functionality without the > firmware, it belongs in contrib. > > If there are some cards which the driver drives which work without the > firmware, it can go in main.
Nowadays very few drivers will work without the presence of non-free software. This may be located in flash, or it may be loaded from the operating system. Why should a hardware implementation detail affect whether or not we include the drivers on a Debian CD? (Whether or not we should ship firmware is an entirely separate argument that I'm not massively interested in here) -- Matthew Garrett | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
