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

[Hans de Goede]

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