On Sun, 21 Jan 2018 07:51:44 -0800 (PST) "Jason Self" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Perhaps a more philosophical question is: *Should* a free program, > especially one used in FSF-endorsed distros, be generating requests > for proprietary programs in the first place? Regardless of how they > might be handled. I find the requests unclear. With Linux-libre 4.12.14 and Parabola I have: > ieee80211 phy1: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file > '/*(DEBLOBBED)*/' > 1-5:1.0: Missing Free firmware (non-Free firmware loading is disabled) > rt2800usb 1-5:1.0: Direct firmware load for /*(DEBLOBBED)*/ failed with error > -2 > ieee80211 phy1: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - Failed to request Firmware "Missing" makes me think that I should go find the firmware somewhere and add it because for some reason it's missing. A message that would encourage a user or developer to work toward: - having a free firmware written - having linux-libre working without a firmware Sometime the device is working fine without firmware, so here it would be nice to have an idea of what is the difference of behavior of the hardware between no firmware and loading the non-free firmware. This would either inform the user that everything is fine or push towards making it work better without a firmware or with a free firmware. For instance the message could point to a page on the linux-libre website that would explains all that in greater length, as it would be complicated to explain all that in very few lines of messages (which may even be redundant). Denis.
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