***BOGO*** Re: Rejuvenated kernel-package uploaded to unstable, please test

[Don Armstrong <don@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 14 Oct 2008, Felipe Sateler wrote:
> Please hit me with the cluebat; apparently I'm not understanding
> anything. Why would I want to have more than one firmware installed?
> AIUI, the firmware is meant to be installed into the hardware and as
> such shouldn't be tied to the kernel version.

Except that it's not. Lots of firmware for whatever reason is specific
to a specific set of kernel versions.


Don Armstrong

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