From fedora-devel-list  Mon Dec 12 08:27:51 2022
From: drago01 <drago01 () gmail ! com>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 08:27:51 +0000
To: fedora-devel-list
Subject: Re: Small rant: installer environment size
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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=
=3D"mailto:devel@lists.fedoraproject.org">devel@lists.fedoraproject.org</a>=
&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex=
;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 11/12/2022 20:53, Adam Wil=
liamson wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
There&#39;s a PR at<br>
<a href=3D"https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/linux-firmware/pull-request/9=
" target=3D"_blank">https://src.fedoraproject.org/<wbr>rpms/linux-firmware/=
pull-reque<wbr>st/9</a>=C2=A0 , 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 cha=
nge. 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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