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A general method for firmware loading

Posted May 22, 2003 20:53 UTC (Thu) by jdthood (guest, #4157)
Parent article: A general method for firmware loading

> But others (notably, the Debian project) object
> to linking any sort of non-free software into their kernel.

I wasn't aware that non-free device firmware can't be linked
into a Debian kernel. That surprises me, given that non-free
device firmware can be (and is) included in the Debian main
archive.

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Posted May 29, 2003 13:48 UTC (Thu) by haraldt (guest, #961) [Link]

Really?
If this proves to be true, I do think they would like to hear about it.