On 05/19/2010 05:39 PM, Thomas Bächler wrote:

As a followup to a discussion on [arch-general] in the Linux 2.6.34 thread ([1] and others), I think we should do the following:

- Create a linux-firmware package from the linux-firmware.git tree. - Make that package conflict and replace all other firmware that it obsoletes: replaces=('kernel26-firmware' 'ar9170-fw' 'iwlwifi-1000-ucode' 'iwlwifi-3945-ucode' 'iwlwifi-4965-ucode' 'iwlwifi-5000-ucode' 'iwlwifi-5150-ucode' 'iwlwifi-6000-ucode' 'rt2870usb-fw' 'rt2x00-rt61-fw' 'rt2x00-rt71w-fw') All other firmware packages contain only files that are not part of linux-firmware. - Remove the firmware from the kernel26 PKGBUILD, only use the linux-firmware package instead

I'm putting a package with the according conflicts/replaces to testing. Please comment, test it thoroughly and give feedback.

[1] http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-general/2010-May/013329.html

Maybe this is a little premature, or altogether irrelevant, but now that we're reorganizing all of the firmware what can we expect in terms of its inclusion in the initcpio? Is there a direct relationship between modules and firmware so that just what's needed can be loaded automatically? Is it too much to just take it all with a 'firmware' hook?