On Wed, 17 Jun 2020 10:58:03 -0400
Mike Gilbert <flop...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 7:42 AM Ulrich Mueller <u...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> >
> > >>>>> On Wed, 17 Jun 2020, Michał Górny wrote:
> >
> > > Can we please put users above silly politics? Gentoo 'does not
> > > depend' on any non-free package to print the warning. If people
> > > have hardware that requires non-free firmware, the least we can
> > > do is point out where to get this firmware from.
> >
> > s/If/If and only if/ and I'll be fine with it. :)
>
> Are you proposing that the ebuild inspect the user's hardware and/or
> kernel config before printing a warning? That sounds like a terrible
> idea to me. Who is going to maintain the problematic hardware list?
The kernel. Try 'modinfo -F firmware iwlwifi'.
e.g. something like that could work:
modinfo -F firmware $(lsmod | sed '1d' | awk '{print $1}')
or if there is a need to be extra protective, iterate over all
installed modules.
