• firmware-nonfree - help needed ?

    From Didier 'OdyX' Raboud@21:1/5 to All on Tue Aug 23 22:30:02 2022
    Hello there Ben!

    I hope Nattie and you had safe travels back from Kosovo!

    Having recently acquired a new laptop (X13 AMD gen2 from Lenovo); I tried the daily testing non-free d-i without being able to use the WiFi (finished the install over usb-to-android), which made me look at the needed firmwares,
    which made me realize that src:firmware-nonfree is somewhat outdated, which made me try to upgrade it [0] (which ended up permitting the use of a fresher binary for amdgpu). I was later also reminded that its outdated-ness created friction for some [1].

    To make a long story short, it made me wonder if the Kernel Team wasn't in
    need of some help to maintain src:firmware-nonfree. Also, it will need moving to the new archive section, etc etc.

    Anyway, it seems I trapped myself in offering my modest help! What do you think?

    Best,
    OdyX

    [0] https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/firmware-nonfree/-/merge_requests/23 [1] https://lists.debian.org/73fc8ae7-9bc1-00de-ed8e-fd88481986db@debian.org

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