On Tue, 4 Jul 2017 at 15:33:57 -0700 Rick Moen <r...@linuxmafia.com> wrote:
> Quoting Alessandro Selli (alessandrose...@linux.com): > >> You are still failing the easiest way to demonstrate your point: > > Non-sequitur argument noted in passing. You failed once more. You must be enjoining it. >> It's not just *my* experience, it's a long established fact. I also >> provided with pointers to a relevant example... > > Sorry, that goes into /lib/firmware like other similiar BLOBs, not into > the related b43 driver. It goes there *after* is was extracted out of the proprietary driver. Why don't you read what otehr people documented before posting? >> That is, I write for the... third? fourth? time, due to the fact that you >> cannot (legally) distribute files that mix proprietary code with GPL'ed >> code, > > Which, as noted, is you changing the subject: At the point where I > pointed out your mistake, you were talking about compiling firmware into > GPL drivers, not distribution. Here is, again, the full evolution of the current discussion: Author: Gary Olzeke Date: 2017-06-22 23:02 +200 To: dng Subject: [DNG] some ASCII issues Writes about issues upgrading ASCII from the Jessie CD install; Author: Hendrik Boom Date: 2017-06-23 02:44 +200 To: dng Subject: Re: [DNG] some ASCII issues Wonders if that could be "a side effect of debian/systemd's fusion of /usr with /?" Author: Jaromil Date: 2017-06-23 16:01 +200 To: Hendrik Boom CC: dng Subject: Re: [DNG] some ASCII issues Wrote: "?!?!?! did they ?!?!?! how is this madness done, via mount -o bind ????" Author: Antony Stone Date: 2017-06-23 16:41 +200 To: dng Subject: Re: [DNG] some ASCII issues Replied with: "https://wiki.debian.org/UsrMerge [...] https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/TheCaseForTheUsrMerge/ if you want to start feeling annoyed as well as surprised." Author: John Morris Date: 2017-06-24 01:55 +200 To: dng Subject: Re: [DNG] some ASCII issues Commented: "Dunno, that one actually makes a lot of sense. Applying the logic of Chesterton's Fence here seems sound." Author: Steve Litt Date: 2017-06-24 03:08 +200 To: dng Subject: Re: [DNG] some ASCII issues "I'd love to boot without initramfs, which is a black box that's hard to look around in." Author: Didier Kryn Date: 2017-06-24 11:08 +200 To: Steve Litt, dng Subject: Re: [DNG] some ASCII issues "Anyway I think there's a simple method to live without the initramfs. Everything which is done from initramfs could be done the same way from a disk partition, which might make it easier to debug:" Author: Rick Moen Date: 2017-06-28 07:57 +200 To: dng Subject: Re: [DNG] some ASCII issues "Step 1. Compile a kernel that includes inline all key drivers including those needed to find the root filesystem." Author: Alessandro Selli Date: 2017-07-03 00:19 +200 To: dng Subject: Re: [DNG] some ASCII issues "It cannot work if what you need to do is feeding the HD controller some proprietary firmware that cannot legally be embedded in the GPL driver." I can, of course, print it and mail it to you, was it necessary. Bye, Alessandro _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
