On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 01:41:07PM +0000, Schwibinger Michael wrote:
> What does mean
>
> firmware is free
> firmware is not free?
Firmware can be free OR non-free.
Firmware for wireless interfaces is ALMOST ALWAYS non-free, because of
proprietary secrets that the wireless chip manufacturer is forced to
keep. The government does not want end users to be able to violate the
frequency restrictions, so they force the manufacturers to keep the
technical details hidden from the users.
Firmware for video chipsets is typically non-free because of trade secrets
that the manufacturers are trying to keep hidden from their competition.
For the love of glob, just FIND OUT WHETHER YOU ARE MISSING ANY FIRMWARE
by running this command:
sudo dmesg | grep -i firmware
If you are missing some, then GO GET IT!
SHEEEEEESH.
