From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-in-13.arcor-online.net ([151.189.21.53]:57871 "EHLO mail-in-13.arcor-online.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751255AbZBQOjc (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:39:32 -0500 Received: from mail-in-03-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-03-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.15]) by mx.arcor.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 195252BADA1 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:39:31 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-in-11.arcor-online.net (mail-in-11.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.51]) by mail-in-03-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D26E52D3781 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:39:30 +0100 (CET) Received: from webmail09.arcor-online.net (webmail09.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.45]) by mail-in-11.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92AFBE3A19 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:39:30 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <15146183.1234881570532.JavaMail.ngmail@webmail09.arcor-online.net> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:39:30 +0100 (CET) From: schollsky@arcor.de To: linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Aw: Re: firmware In-Reply-To: <200902170944.37882.zzam@gentoo.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <200902170944.37882.zzam@gentoo.org> <200902152115.58993.aspeltami@gmail.com> <4999A9A6.2080809@rogers.com> <1767e6740902161024y2820036dhcd461c40edf30e82@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: ----- Original Nachricht ---- Matthias Schwarzott wrote: > Yes this ebuild is there. But it is in some respect outdated, due to lack of > > maintaining. This ebuild fetches the original files get_dvb_firmware also > fetches and the runs get_firmware to unpack them. (All this due to > license/re-distribution issues as you all know). > > But: These URLs tend to no longer work after some time, as manufacturers > update their drivers or web-pages :( > > So there should either be someone continuously updating them (in > get_dvb_firmware and also here in copy). > Or: We find someone ignoring the licenses and hosting the extracted files > somewhere. The script "get_dvb_firmware" itself needs to be updated. I'm willing to work on this and update necessary links and test the script for some time here on Mandriva - as long as you're willing to help me with other distros and in the process. Any tips how to begin please? Kind regards, schollsky