02-17-2020, 03:35 AM
(02-14-2020, 07:18 PM)bsammon Wrote: I'm curious about the files in /lib/firmware --
two questions:
1) Where do they come from? - in case I want to download them again/check for new versions.
2) why aren't they package-ized, so I can poke at them with dpkg? Should/shouldn't they be? (Has this changed since a few weeks ago when I used the installer?)
Yes, they should be packaged... however ideally that should happen by the firmwares being pushed into the upstream linux-firmware repository (which may need help from Rockchip to sort of out the legal details). From they will flow into the Debian packages and eventually the existing not-packaged firmwares will be overwritten.
I don't really want to create (or maintain) a package that reduces the pressure to get it fixed properly.