[PATCH 0/3] Firmware support in main kernel package

Stefan Bader stefan.bader at canonical.com
Mon Jun 15 08:33:10 UTC 2009


Colin Watson wrote:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/384861 reports that
> the bnx2 firmware is missing from the installer, and needs to be
> delivered in some udeb. The most natural approach seems to be to put it
> in the nic-modules udeb next to the module itself. This requires a
> little bit of plumbing work in the rules files.
> 
> Colin Watson (3):
>   UBUNTU: Run kernel-wedge in $(builddir) rather than at the top level
>   UBUNTU: Add support for including firmware in udebs
>   UBUNTU: Ship bnx2 firmware in nic-modules udeb
> 
>  debian/d-i/firmware/nic-modules |    4 ++
>  debian/rules                    |  114 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>  debian/rules.d/5-udebs.mk       |    5 +-
>  3 files changed, 95 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 debian/d-i/firmware/nic-modules
>

The whole series looks ok (with the limitation that I probably skipped over 
repeating stuff a bit lazily). Best test is to try. ACK


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