X-Original-To: alpine-devel@lists.alpinelinux.org Received: from mail.cmpwn.com (mail.cmpwn.com [45.56.77.53]) by lists.alpinelinux.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4533E5C4DC2 for ; Sat, 6 Jan 2018 22:18:16 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=cmpwn.com; s=cmpwn; t=1515277237; bh=y4Vz2rtx7chPX5lcMsO/YQvMWAzrUpt/5geLIdHkkJk=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=mf9IgpYdBNinGu9KCW0TpEl7E9R7mpKFNezpzmoTWprKD/BKsW7oUEIKwv4LZ3T+O 4HtPMKJaYGGBEpm3cq+RQ4Vl4+FIp58kmdHTauXRpKgaJOLVors6Yo4EH+DVmr664b GvXG2cI0l7m3hTzTLskLNJiglT2/92yocwpLZ3OI= Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2018 17:18:13 -0500 From: Drew DeVault To: Oliver Smith Cc: alpine-devel@lists.alpinelinux.org Subject: Re: [alpine-devel] Splitting up linux-firmware? Message-ID: <20180106221813.GA4759@homura> References: <4d19a51c-3eba-9775-0208-4d87da66effc@bitmessage.ch> X-Mailinglist: alpine-devel Precedence: list List-Id: Alpine Development List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4d19a51c-3eba-9775-0208-4d87da66effc@bitmessage.ch> X-GNU: Terry Pratchett It should be possible to detect which firmwares the kernel attempts to load and automatically download only the ones you need. IMO this would be a better approach. Couple of issues: - How would this interact with udev, if present - Needs to be possible to download some firmware offline - Should include all firmware on the ISO - Should detect and pre-install relevant firmware during alpine-setup -- Drew DeVault --- Unsubscribe: alpine-devel+unsubscribe@lists.alpinelinux.org Help: alpine-devel+help@lists.alpinelinux.org ---