Re:Nvidia releases open-source GPU kernel modules
by anthk on Thursday May 12, 2022 @02:19PM
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Also, ath9k as a company.
More libre fw:
https://jxself.org/git/?p=linux-libre-firmware.git;a=tree
People stop talking out of his ass.
Re:Nvidia releases open-source GPU kernel modules
by pabs3 on Thursday May 12, 2022 @09:17PM
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Please note that the Debian firmware-linux-free package does not build carl9170fw from source. There is proper packaging (source package called carl9170fw, binary package will be firmware-carl9170) being worked on but it isn't completed yet:
Easily changed likely means there's a physical knob somewhere that you could accidentially poke as a layperson.
Not that you get a three year CS education, figure out how your distribution packages dependencies, install the correct embedded toolchain (good luck), find out exactly which chip is in your device, fetch the proper firmware source code in the right version, build the thing, figure out how to flash the result onto the chip / read the Linux kernel sources to figure out the filename inside /lib/firmware. That's not easy.
Even if this entire process was packaged (it is--see <https://packages.debian.org/sid/firmware-linux-free>), it probably still doesn't count (or at least shouldn't count) as "easily" changed.