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List:       fedora-devel-list
Subject:    Re: Small rant: installer environment size
From:       drago01 <drago01 () gmail ! com>
Date:       2022-12-12 8:27:51
Message-ID: CAMqY-FcwXwzfpCwt4LGCGqNkFbmox2Prb9tZaZSWvo=+yAbJQA () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Monday, December 12, 2022, Vitaly Zaitsev via devel <
devel@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:

> On 11/12/2022 20:53, Adam Williamson wrote:
>
>> There's a PR at
>> https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/linux-firmware/pull-request/9  , and
>> Intel folks seem receptive to the idea of removing at least some of the
>> older ones upstream too.
>>
>
> So, you want the still-working Wi-Fi chipsets to stop working? Terrible
> change. Strongly -1.
>
> 72XX, 82XX and 9XXX are still used even in new budget-class laptops.
>
>
There is a misunderstanding, it's not about older chips but about older
firmware versions, required for older kernels.

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<br><br>On Monday, December 12, 2022, Vitaly Zaitsev via devel &lt;<a \
href="mailto:devel@lists.fedoraproject.org">devel@lists.fedoraproject.org</a>&gt; \
wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px \
#ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 11/12/2022 20:53, Adam Williamson wrote:<br> \
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex"> There&#39;s a PR at<br>
<a href="https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/linux-firmware/pull-request/9" \
target="_blank">https://src.fedoraproject.org/<wbr>rpms/linux-firmware/pull-reque<wbr>st/9</a> \
, and<br> Intel folks seem receptive to the idea of removing at least some of the<br>
older ones upstream too.<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
So, you want the still-working Wi-Fi chipsets to stop working? Terrible change. \
Strongly -1.<br> <br>
72XX, 82XX and 9XXX are still used even in new budget-class laptops.<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>There is a misunderstanding, it&#39;s not about \
older chips but about older firmware versions, required for older \
kernels.</div><div><br></div>


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