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From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
Cc: Jacob K <jacobk@disroot.org>, 57269-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#57269: [rtl8812au-aircrack-ng-linux-module] Missing Source for hal/rtl8812a/hal8812a_fw.c (and probably other files ending in fw.c)
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2022 11:47:40 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y1v9bsdf.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87o7wghtii.fsf@gmail.com> (Maxim Cournoyer's message of "Fri, 19 Aug 2022 16:23:49 -0400")

Hello,

Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> writes:
>
>> Hi Jacob,
>>
>> Jacob K via Bug reports for GNU Guix 写道：
>>> Files such as hal8812a_fw.c [1] have large arrays that seem to be
>>> binary
>>> firmware encoded in text. My understanding is that source code is
>>> not
>>> available, so I believe the files are nonfree software,
>>
>> Even if free source code exists, we should still remove the blobs and
>> build our own.  (Yes, we actually do this for other firmware :-)
>>
>>> the short-term at least, be removed from Guix. Long term it would be
>>> good to get the source code (via reverse engineering or asking
>>> Realtek),
>>> but I imagine that would take a significant amount of time and
>>> effort (I
>>> do have a Realtek USB Wi-Fi card, maybe not with this exact firmware
>>> though.).
>>
>> Unfortunately all correct.  Another blow to wireless networking with
>> Guix.  Attached is a patch removing the rtl8821ce-linux-module and
>> rtl8812au-aircrack-ng-linux-module packages.

Closing, as the drivers were removed in Tobias's commit
b8f2eb286ec52c97048e23d326d94ae5772797e8.

Thanks,

Maxim




      reply	other threads:[~2022-08-27 15:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-08-18  1:12 bug#57269: [rtl8812au-aircrack-ng-linux-module] Missing Source for hal/rtl8812a/hal8812a_fw.c (and probably other files ending in fw.c) Jacob K via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2022-08-18 14:23 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2022-08-18 15:04   ` Jack Hill
2022-08-19 20:23   ` Maxim Cournoyer
2022-08-27 15:47     ` Maxim Cournoyer [this message]

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