mavrothal wrote:The "linux-firmware.sfs" bit is a bit cryptic. Does this mean that the firmware must be in the main sfs or that the firmware sfs must be configured differently?
Also the "wireless working" is it with Pwirless2, pns-tools, Frisbee, all of the above, other?
Regarding udev, I have a hard time seeing why v175 does not work 100%. I can only think the language of the build system that as with aufs-utils may up messing up gtk-doc, acl, attr or something else during compile time
as far as the firmware...a lot of ppl don't know what 'firmware' is, or what it does, how to use it, and so on. putting myself in other's shoes, "i don't know what firmware is, md5sum, or nothing else. i do know iso though, so i download the iso file, load it, if it works...i'll keep moving. if it doesn't, i have 399 other puppy isos to pick from, hopefully the next one works right."
it works perfectly fine as the sfs file that it's in now, but everyone might not want, or know how to use sfs files the way we are. especially to get something like wireless working. Java..understandable to read and learn how to use an sfs for something like that. java or wine etc, those big packages. but to get wireless to work? it should work out the box. i shouldn't have to download this driver/sfs file and install/sfs_load it....to get wireless working. So in so many words, it works fine as a separate sfs, but i feel as though it should be included in the main.sfs.
and as far as "wireless working" i was referring to Frisbee. after i saw Frisbee working solidly, i didn't think it was necessary to even test pwireless2. Frisbee is the better choice. the notification in the panel is nice to have too. it let's u know if u're still online or not. pwireless2 doesn't have that. so if u're webpages aren't loading, u're either not online, or something is wrong with your browser. having Frisbee and it's notifications tells you which one it is.
now pup-volume-monitor and udev....the default volume-monitor and udev (aka systemd) in arch works perfectly fine. using pup-volume-monitor saves a few MBs...but it's also a futuristic issue for if someone wants KDE.....it doesn't work in Dolphin. the default does.