From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adonay Felipe Nogueira Subject: Re: Installation: Load non-free wifi firmware (iwlwifi) Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2018 15:04:40 -0300 Message-ID: <87371iuzev.fsf@hyperbola.info> References: <87r2p2xudf.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42120) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1erp33-0002pL-JH for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Mar 2018 13:04:50 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1erp30-0004Qq-B5 for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Mar 2018 13:04:49 -0500 Received: from relay3-d.mail.gandi.net ([2001:4b98:c:538::195]:34218) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1erp30-0004Pv-56 for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Mar 2018 13:04:46 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87r2p2xudf.fsf@gmail.com> (Pierre Neidhardt's message of "Fri, 02 Mar 2018 18:25:16 +0100") List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: Pierre Neidhardt Cc: help-guix > As far as I understand, linux-libre turns off the ability to load > non-free firmware. Why is it so? It's a bug in the Linux kernel itself, caused by how it actually looks and loads stuff. See the reply given by Alexandre Oliva ([1]). [1] . --=20 - https://libreplanet.org/wiki/User:Adfeno - Palestrante e consultor sobre /software/ livre (n=C3=A3o confundir com gratis). - "WhatsApp"? Ele n=C3=A3o =C3=A9 livre. Por favor, veja formas de se comun= icar instantaneamente comigo no endere=C3=A7o abaixo. - Contato: https://libreplanet.org/wiki/User:Adfeno#vCard - Arquivos comuns aceitos (apenas sem DRM): Corel Draw, Microsoft Office, MP3, MP4, WMA, WMV. - Arquivos comuns aceitos e enviados: CSV, GNU Dia, GNU Emacs Org, GNU GIMP, Inkscape SVG, JPG, LibreOffice (padr=C3=A3o ODF), OGG, OPUS, PDF (apenas sem DRM), PNG, TXT, WEBM.