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- Firmware taken out of all-firmware to separate PETs
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- The directories inside /lib/modules/all-firmware are the "firmware" needed by modems.
- Actually, this can be any data-files, scripts, configuration or even binary-executables.
- This "firmware" has been kept in the Woof repository, however the Fossil Version
- Control System Sqlite repository is not the most appropriate place.
- So, I am in the process of taking them out, to separate PETs. A Woof developer would
- include these PETs in the package-list, so they will be built-in to the build of Puppy.
- Note, the developer would of course choose an appropriate list of firmware PETs to
- include. For example, the an analog modem firmware might not have an appropriate
- kernel driver in recent kernels. Though, the Woof build script '3builddistro' can
- detect this situation and suggest to remove innapropriate firmware.
- These firmware PETs are named "firmware_linux_module_*" to make it unambiguous what
- they are for. The "*" part is the name of a directory inside /lib/modules/all-firmware.
- Further technical notes
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- A "firmware_linux_module_*" PET will have files that get installed, just like any PET.
- However, the location /lib/modules/all-firmware is special, as files in here only get
- installed if matching kernel modules are loaded, meaning that the appropriate hardware
- is present.
- This keeps files out of the way and not potentially causing conflicts in the system.
- To see how a directory inside /lib/modules/all-firmware gets installed, see script
- /sbin/pup_event_backend_modprobe.
- Regards,
- Barry Kauler
- Sept. 2012
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