[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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