Am Montag, den 06.06.2005, 11:22 -0500 schrieb Patrick Barnes:
Peter Rochard wrote:
> Would it be possible to have the acx100 wireless chip drivers included
> in the stock Fedora kernel, even if the closed firmware doesn't come
> with the distro CD?
>
It's most likely possible, but not something this project would likely
do. When it is added upstream, Fedora will have it. If you really want
it, you could look into creating your own package with the kernel module
built with DKMS and submit it to Fedora Extras.
There is no agreement yet how kernel-module-packages should be
build/packaged in extras. And especially there is none that requires
dkms (there are people like me who even dislike the usage of dkms).
There needs to be a (probably longer) discussion first.
Depending on how the
firmware is licensed, you might even be able to include it in your package.
Or submit it to livna. There is a standard scheme for kernel-module
packages in use already and there should be other wlan stuff soon. I'm
willing to help with packaging if someone could test the resulting
packages.
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Thorsten Leemhuis <fedora(a)leemhuis.info>