From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from smtp115.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com ([68.142.225.231]:38032 "HELO smtp115.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1752003AbZBVUdO (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:33:14 -0500 Message-ID: <49A1B688.6040909@rogers.com> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:33:12 -0500 From: CityK MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matthias Schwarzott CC: Jonathan Isom , Devin Heitmueller , Michele , linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: firmware References: <200902152115.58993.aspeltami@gmail.com> <4999A9A6.2080809@rogers.com> <1767e6740902161024y2820036dhcd461c40edf30e82@mail.gmail.com> <200902170944.37882.zzam@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <200902170944.37882.zzam@gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Matthias Schwarzott wrote: > Btw. I also had a longer look at the firmeware page in wiki and removed that > note about gentoo using hotplug-scripts as that is false since a long time. > CityK you are right, I think most (if not all) current distributions use udev > to create device nodes and upload firmware into the kernel. > > > 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 But it is in some respect outdated, due to lack of 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). > Okay, thanks Matthias. > 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. > > Regards > Matthias I think we are stuck with the former. But, fortunately, it looks like schollsky is willing to be the point man :)