On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:09:46 +0100 richard -rw- weinberger <richard.weinberger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > +This file attempts to document the reason why a firmware is not > > present +in this bundle. > > From the user's point of view this not really helpful. > Wouldn't a in-kernel table of known but missing firmware files make > more sense? The kernel could write a log like "Yeah, I know this > firmware but sadly I don't have it because of ..." The firmware file may be absent on the system even if it's in the linux-firmware tree. Conversely, the firmware may be present on the system but not in the linux-firmware tree. The kernel doesn't know whether the firmware is missing due to licensing issues or due to misconfiguration. The kernel cannot know that. And I don't think the kernel should include as much information as the MISSING file would include. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
