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.

I didn't apply it yet.  Since this case, unlike some others, 
appears to be straightforward, I don't intend to wait long.

Kind regards,

T G-R