-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/11/2013 04:03 AM, Alexander Berntsen wrote: > On 11/02/13 05:27, Peter Stuge wrote: >> I, as another user, prefer not to have a whole bunch of firmware >> installed if I only want one or two of them. > +1. Also licences. It's a mess. Not suggesting that *I* have the > magic-unicorn-land-perfect solution at hand though. > > On 09/02/13 10:09, Samuli Suominen wrote: >> Maybe you don't understand how linux-firmware package works. It >> only installs what you want -- it uses the savedconfig eclass to >> handle a list of wanted firmwares. > >> I admit I never bothered to trim down my install of it, but the >> point is YOU CAN do it. > Please correct me if I'm wrong, but this sounds like opt-out. I very > much dislike opt-out.
I'm sorry but "emerge linux-firmware" is not "opt-out" that would be the opposite. You are specifically opting in by installing it (as you are with ANY package in gentoo). Nothing pulls in linux-firmware afaik you must install it manually. If you don't like how much is installed use savedconfig or just download the firmware you need and drop it in place and when it breaks you know to update. We didn't cause this issue, as a whole the kernel community is no longer accepting new firmware in the kernel tree. All of it is moved into linux-firmware. Honestly I don't understand why people want broken hardware, but if you do, by all means don't install linux-firmware. Years ago firmware was just included, you always got it, and no one complained....good times. - -Zero -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJRGQDFAAoJEKXdFCfdEflKZWEP/jzRjF4fFPyEWQpP8+I8ic5/ aD12BhB1VFWWjgAGAuFWiv9L3kJk+FttW6yUYNpXORA1OOp82l3n30f6pU/q4dG6 E0XvZsfKemvgjaZwWQTJzQHPkDMX2mYhSLb+e6YTxXh78W+g+NhAYqcnYhPlUkFF RUslsAwitLXj3zqCGflwYSmX1V5rbZX+TNvXlR2hHzfrAVMYwlMPV8m69YsLODN5 OhUMFybul5XXoxMp3uGaMYS7U03TU0atr7eSK8F6U4ggKqkvD8F/dZa+yRehFu0E 3Hym/QlWPNwluYBvkoXs+w6Y62NV0VbdqzAEWaofxhBCO8Tm8zSgeFAlrn7T5NgL X3GSPe69P9tkTYOLavstW+g7uYDX+1bPzjltuHnhM5f5r69UVA8Tdu94K4PsxsmH lmvXsMIieT7VHq0op9wbxEXwebPvcK0GeYUwKwB3AftjbH0zFSTX1RtkFXQ+yRid RNPcAkmu8JTknUjhOd+2lfyqOuptT5xqY+0ZRlXZyxrvJHmC/EqMD/3xJRH/YPwK +8Q5ZCJKvDY0TaC+I06Bh3hToXnCTH5gyVuOvxRM67wM1z8cJsFIY7ZkmxtLaxEh L+//l3SvWFEfab3HkL090JdLCRLTWYf/FlDdtD3voKQTwupZENmbAglNy7LbpJ9h OkDR4QWjHWQeSeITjwUz =grUv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
