Re: [GNU-linux-libre] GNU Linux-libre 3.3-gnu is now available

[Aurélien]

Henry Jensen <address@hidden> writes:

> Hello Alexandre,
>
> On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 05:02:35 -0300
> Alexandre Oliva <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> The first release of Linux-libre since its dubbing as a GNU package is
>> now available from the download links off of 
>> http://linux-libre.fsfla.org/
>
> Very nice. BTW, is there any progress on this issue?
>
> On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:32:09 -0500
> Richard Stallman <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> I talked with Alexandre a few months ago, and we decided to change the
>> way Linux Libre deals with outside nonfree firmware.
>> 
>> The current practice is to change the code to fail instead of trying
>> to load any firmware.
>> 
>> The change is to obfuscate the names of the firmware files in the
>> Linux source code.  That way, if a user tracks down what firmware to
>> install and installs it under the name that the code wants, it will.
>> But Linux Libre will still not suggest installation of the nonfree
>> firmware file to handle a particular device.
>
> As I understood the following discussion, your idea was to use a
> userland script that tells the kernel, if firmware is available.
>
> Can you tell us what the current status is?
>
> Regards,
>
> Henry
>
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Hi,

I am building the version on a fully free debian, it seems to works
fine, but, fakeroot have just build the image version ...

relaunch the build for verifications ...

we will see


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