[arch-dev-public] add alsa-firmware to extra?

[Thomas Bächler]

Tobias Powalowski schrieb:
> Hi guys,
> according to this: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/15090
> Some soundcards need additional firmware.
> any objections in adding this to extra repository?

I'm curious as to why these firmware files aren't included in the 
kernel? Is this closed-source, but freely distributable firmware?

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