Bug 389701

Summary:	sys-kernel/linux-firmware missing Adaptec aic94xx firmware
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	INODE64 Sistemas <web>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn <chithanh>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	gregkh, kernel, zerochaos
Priority:	Normal	Keywords:	UPSTREAM
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description INODE64 Sistemas 2011-11-06 08:24:50 UTC

Include firmware form:

http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/hardware/openSUSE_11.4/src/adaptec-firmware-1.35-18.1.src.rpm

Firmware version 1.1 (V35)

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn gentoo-dev

2011-11-08 10:22:58 UTC

The linux-firmware ebuild is just packaging the upstream linux-firmware tree.
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git;a=summary

If you want a particular firmware included, best send a git-formatted patch to the repository owner or kernel mailing list.

Comment 2 Rick Farina (Zero_Chaos) gentoo-dev

2013-06-24 13:24:22 UTC

I realize that historically we are just packaging the linux-firmware upstream repo, but it wouldn't hurt to cut down on the dozens of firmware ebuilds and make them one.... or we could just make this a new ebuild request and make it a separate package.

Personally, most other distros have hundreds of patches on linux-firmware to add new firmwares and distribute as one package.  I'm not saying we should or shouldn't do that, I'm saying that's the way everyone else does it.

Comment 3 Tom Wijsman (TomWij) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2013-08-16 14:32:33 UTC

(In reply to Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn from comment #1)
> If you want a particular firmware included, best send a git-formatted patch
> to the repository owner or kernel mailing list.

Francisco, did you do the above? Can you link us to it or name its subject?

Thank you in advance.

Comment 4 Rick Farina (Zero_Chaos) gentoo-dev

2022-03-18 13:33:31 UTC

Our current policy is to ship what upstream ships.  If other firmware is desired it can have it's own package created.  As this bug is a decade old, I'm going to make it obsolete for now.  If someone wants to make an ebuild and ship this firmware that's great, but a decade later I'm going to assume it's not pressing.