On Wed, 5 Jul 2017 at 01:49:30 -0700 Rick Moen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Quoting Alessandro Selli ([email protected]): > >> I twice quoted the thread proving what I reported was just what was been >> discussed. > > 'It cannot work if what you need to do is feeding the HD controller some > proprietary firmware that cannot legally be embedded in the GPL driver.' > > Has nothing whatsover to do with distribution. Obviously. It obviously does, because that is one of the reasons distributions have to equip their kernels with initramfs: they are needed on machines that would otherwise fail to boot due to the fact they will be unable to mount / on boot. If you still think that is not the case, please: « If you disagree, kindly point out what other method is available that allows a kernel to lawfully feed a controller a [proprietary] firmware before mounting the root FS.» (edited) -- Alessandro Selli http://alessandro.route-add.net VOIP SIP: [email protected] Chiavi PGP/GPG keys: B7FD89FD, 4A904FD9 _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
