Sorry for the misinformation: the non-free firmware was needed to get Wifi to work. (It was a Debian netinstall, so I guess my mind conflated that with booting.)
> Znoteer wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 07:42:47PM -0400, Stewart Russell via talk >> wrote: >>> If the file /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM exists (it's read-only to >>> root), >>> there's probably a key embedded in there you can pull out with strings >>> >> >> I don't seem to have that file, and I'm not surprised. Under what >> circumstances might one have that file on a linux system? > > Is it perhaps a license for installed firmware? I have that file on an > HP/Compaq laptop, in a fresh Debian install to a brand-new SSD. We had to > install some non-free firmware to get the laptop to boot. It was all done > in a spirit of hasty improvisation, so I don't remember which firmware it > was. > Way back when, the laptop was delivered with Windows 10, which I blew away > on the original HD. The license number for that is on a sticker on the > bottom, and it's a different license number from the one in the MSDM file. > >> >> -- >> Znoteer >> [email protected] >> --- >> Post to this mailing list [email protected] >> Unsubscribe from this mailing list >> https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >> > > > --- > Post to this mailing list [email protected] > Unsubscribe from this mailing list > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > --- Post to this mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
