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

[Arthur Pemberton]

On 6/8/07, Hans de Goede <j.w.r.degoede at hhs.nl> wrote:
> Arthur Pemberton wrote:
> > 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
> >
> >
>
> I know I created that page today :)
>
> Regards,
>
> Hans


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