* Tom spot Callaway (tcallawa(a)redhat.com) wrote:
On 04/01/2010 11:58 AM, Chris Wright wrote:
> * Tom spot Callaway (tcallawa(a)redhat.com) wrote:
>> On 04/01/2010 11:34 AM, Don Zickus wrote:
>>> Isn't that what we do with kernel-firmware? :-)
>
> And microcode updates and BIOS calls...
>
>> Yes, but we only do that because it is the only way to enable that
>> hardware to work.
>
> Some of which is obscure hardware. And TXT needs SINIT AC to work.
> It's just inconsistent reasoning.
I don't agree that enabling a specific chunk of proprietary software in
an unsupportable configuration is the same thing as including firmware
which enables hardware functionality.
How is device firmware or BIOS problem supportable? To me, this
reasoning would lead straight to e.g. "# CONFIG_EFI is not set"
thanks,
-chris