kernel-libre (hopefully 100% Free) for Fedora 8 and rawhide

Rahul Sundaram sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Sun Mar 23 02:00:46 UTC 2008


Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've stripped non-Free firmware bits from Fedora kernels for F8 and
> rawhide, starting from tools developed by the gNewSense folks and now
> in use by BLAG developers, and built alternate kernels that I've
> successfully booted up and used on my x86_64 notebook.
> 
> You'd be surprised at how little it takes to get to a Free Software
> kernel.  It's just a few drivers that need firmware removed.

Thanks for stepping forward with this.

Wouldn't it be better to change the spec file so that the firmware you 
have removed is moved into a sub package and we can retain the same 
kernel? The default setup will install both these packages and If you 
want a spin without the firmware, you just need to exclude the sub 
package (along with any other packages you don't want). The advantage is 
that it doesn't have the overhead of maintaining a additional kernel 
package.

Rahul




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