Linux-2.6.33-libre released [LWN.net]

Linux-2.6.33-libre released

Posted Mar 1, 2010 21:55 UTC (Mon) by gnb (subscriber, #5132)
In reply to: Linux-2.6.33-libre released by alvieboy
Parent article: Linux-2.6.33-libre released

>it's cheaper for the HW manufacturer to have no persistent storage on the
>device (flash,eeprom,ROM)

Not only that, but it saves the user having to run some utility that is
typically poorly-designed, non-free and often not even available on a free
OS in order to upgrade the firmware. From the end-user's point of view,
pushing manufacturers to have the firmware in NV storage on the device is
simply a step backwards.

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