Re: Debian-wide firmware prober

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson  writes:

> Z> isenkram-cli
>
> OK, but it seems to work differently that what I was thinking.

I assume you are talking about isenkram-autoinstall-firmware?  How so?
Perhaps the documentation could be improved to adjust the expectations,
or event the program could be adjusted...

Please keep me on CC for any replies.

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Re: Debian-wide firmware prober

[Thaddeus H. Black]

On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 08:31:43AM +, Paul Sutton wrote:
> ... I had never heard of that one, these tools need to be better known.

If Enrico Zini's and Enrico Rossi's 'debtags' is installed, then try
this command:

debtags search hardware::detection

That makes the tools better known.

Additionally worth trying, if 'apt-xapian-index' is installed (and its
index has been updated via /etc/cron.weekly/apt-xapian-index), are
queries like these:

axi-cache search firmware
axi-cache search probe firmware
axi-cache search probe hardware
axi-cache search hardware packages


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Re: Debian-wide firmware prober

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Z> isenkram-cli

OK, but it seems to work differently that what I was thinking.

Re: Debian-wide firmware prober

[Paul Sutton]

On 10/02/2021 06:31, Zlatan wrote:

There is isenkram-cli which can detect and autoinstall the needed firmware.

Z


Ah thanks for this,  I had never heard of that one,   these  tools need 
to be better known.


Also vrms,  lists any non-free software installed it may help anyone who 
wants to keep non-free software to a minimum.  But also both of these 
helps the developers


Also could be a way to audit what is actually out there,  could feed in 
to helping developers.


I understand the dilemma we have here,   trying to create a free OS, 
free of non free software but up against it, usually with the essential 
items such as networking hardware, needing non free firmware / drivers etc.


But anything to help is a good thing, networking is pretty essential, 
and wireless networking is essential on portable devices or they are 
less than portable.


Keep up the good work.

Regards

Paul




On February 10, 2021 3:11:29 AM GMT+01:00, "積丹尼 Dan Jacobson" 
 wrote:


Hey everybody,
wouldn't it be nice if there was a prober,
like lshw,
that probed all the firmware one needed?
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=982402  

It would say:
"
  You need the following Debian firmware packages
  firmware-X
  firmware-Y
  firmware-Z
  Remember, a proper system needs proper firmware.
  Not too much, but also not too little.
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Re: Debian-wide firmware prober

[Zlatan]

There is isenkram-cli which can detect and autoinstall the needed firmware.

Z

On February 10, 2021 3:11:29 AM GMT+01:00, "積丹尼 Dan Jacobson" 
 wrote:
>Hey everybody,
>wouldn't it be nice if there was a prober,
>like lshw,
>that probed all the firmware one needed?
>https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=982402
>It would say:
>"
> You need the following Debian firmware packages
> firmware-X
> firmware-Y
> firmware-Z
> Remember, a proper system needs proper firmware.
> Not too much, but also not too little.
>"

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Debian-wide firmware prober

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Hey everybody,
wouldn't it be nice if there was a prober,
like lshw,
that probed all the firmware one needed?
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=982402
It would say:
"
 You need the following Debian firmware packages
 firmware-X
 firmware-Y
 firmware-Z
 Remember, a proper system needs proper firmware.
 Not too much, but also not too little.
"