On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Daniel Drake <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > linux-firmware, the package that puts lots of stuff in /lib/firmware, > is growing and growing and is mostly irrelevant for us, including > firmware for (e.g.) SCSI controllers. > > I'm considering removing it - nothing in the XOs uses firmware from > that package. (our wireless firmware comes from other packages) > > The question is, do any external devices used by our users pull on > firmware from this directory? Browsing the contents, I doubt it, but I > thought I'd ask anyway. I may also just remove it from the builds as > an experiment, see if anything breaks. > > The devices that come to mind for me are serial adapters and wired ethernet adapters. I don't have mine handy but I have a OLPC serial adapater plus a pair of usb eth adapters that I use regularly on the XO that all need firmwares. Nothing else races to mind. Peter
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