* Tom spot Callaway (tcallawa@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > On 04/01/2010 11:58 AM, Chris Wright wrote: > > * Tom spot Callaway (tcallawa@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > >> On 04/01/2010 11:34 AM, Don Zickus wrote: > >>> Isn't that what we do with kernel-firmware? :-) > > > > And microcode updates and BIOS calls... > > > >> Yes, but we only do that because it is the only way to enable that > >> hardware to work. > > > > Some of which is obscure hardware. And TXT needs SINIT AC to work. > > It's just inconsistent reasoning. > > I don't agree that enabling a specific chunk of proprietary software in > an unsupportable configuration is the same thing as including firmware > which enables hardware functionality. How is device firmware or BIOS problem supportable? To me, this reasoning would lead straight to e.g. "# CONFIG_EFI is not set" thanks, -chris _______________________________________________ kernel mailing list kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kernel
