Building a list of missing firmware (was Re: Fedora 8 ideas)

[Arthur Pemberton]

On 6/7/07, Hans de Goede <j.w.r.degoede at hhs.nl> wrote:
> Leszek Matok wrote:
> > Dnia 07-06-2007, czw o godzinie 11:06 -0400, Bill Nottingham napisał(a):
> >> What cards is this useful for that we don't ship firmware
> >> for? Anything other than bcm43xx and ralink?
> > For example, there are millions of potential speedtch.ko users here in
> > Europe.
> >
>
> Okay,
>
> I think we need to build a list of all potential needed / wanted firmware, with
> URL's where to download it and instructions howto unpack it.
>
> We then also need to start contacting the manufacturers asking for
> redistribution permission.
>
> Here is a start of the list with things metioned sofar:
> sil firmware (for prism and prism_pci)
> bcm firmware
> ralink firmware
> speedtouch firmware
> alsa firmware
>
> I think this is best put in the wiki, but where, maybe a firmware SIG?
>
> Regards,
>
> Hans


Looks like we have a wiki page here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/FirmWare


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