Give me an estimate. What percentage of devices that Puppy users would encounter are not covered by the current firmware package.jlst wrote:Puppies right now are using a predefined and very limited firmware package.... that is outdated nowadays.
jlst wrote:Puppies right now are using a predefined and very limited firmware package.... that is outdated nowadays.
i too would rather have a more complete kernel.I'd rather ship a complete firmware package including a bunch of exotic and non free firmware.
if i were asked how to do it, i would say have a librezdrv sfs and a nonfreezdrv sfs. but since no ones asked, i will pretend i didnt say that. seriously, not only do i think it will not happen, i dont have the patience to sort them out. i can however, provide alternatives to using zdrv.Pete wrote:Since they would be optional add-ons, each one has the choice of whether to install them or not.
This practice is already quite common for propriety nVidia drivers, so why not expand on the idea?
Hmmm I don't know haha. Obviously you know better, and as one of the most experienced developers/users here, i would certainly hear everything you have to say... for example, what firmware files are worth adding to the firmware tarballs, etc...rcrsn51 wrote: Give me an estimate. What percentage of devices that Puppy users would encounter are not covered by the current firmware package.
If there was a significant problem, one would expect the forum to be flooded with requests for firmware. But the ones I see are just for a few WiFi drivers.
It certainly can be done, we just need to make some obscure firmwares into packages. Then a script can ask whether to install these..Pete wrote:I'm also not a fan of non-free firmware/drivers, but if the firmware and/or drivers were made as .ko's and available as extra (easy to load) sfs and made more hardware work like wifi cards, more printers, video cards and so on, then even using non-free ones would be the lesser of two evils, i.e. yes it would taint your kernel but then all the extra hardware would work.
Since they would be optional add-ons, each one has the choice of whether to install them or not.
This practice is already quite common for propriety nVidia drivers, so why not expand on the idea?
