[Kernel-handbook-general] [PATCH 2/7] Note that the firmware is in a different package (in non-free) now. Mentioning this seems like the right thing to do, in case someone was wondering why it disappeared.

[Ben Hutchings]

On Sun, 2011-06-12 at 19:45 +1000, Karl Goetz wrote:
> hi ben,
> 
> > > diff --git a/chapter-source.sgml b/chapter-source.sgml
> > > index 4253653..184be42 100644
> > > --- a/chapter-source.sgml
> > > +++ b/chapter-source.sgml
> > > @@ -33,7 +33,8 @@
> > >        the Etch release, there were no significant changes in the
> > >        removal policy, so they were in effect for the Lenny
> > >        release as well. As of version 2.6.31-1, all known sourceless
> > > -      firmware has been removed from the Debian package.
> > > +      firmware has been removed from the Debian package (It is
> > > +      available in a separate package included in non-free).
> > 
> > You can be specific - the source package is firmware-nonfree.
> 
> I've attached a plain diff, hopefully its enough.
> thanks
> kk

Sorry for sitting on this so long; unfortunately I have a very long list
of mails to deal with.

Your wording wasn't quite correct, so instead I have changed the
sentence to:

      As of version 2.6.31-1, all known sourceless
      firmware has been removed from the Debian package, but much
      of it is included in the
      <url id="http://packages.debian.org/source/firmware-nonfree" name="firmware-nonfree"> package.

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
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