Re: CVS commit: src

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 04:52:52AM +1000, matthew green wrote:
> > Deprecate /usr/libdata/firmware.
> 
> FWIW, the separation was on purpose.
> 
> /libdata/firmware should be for things that are needed during
> early boot only (eg, firmware that runs between mountroot and
> init, such as GPU firmware), or network drivers one would use
> to mount /usr over the network.  one could argue that this
> driver matches and there's a dozen or more other drivers here
> so i'm not asking for a revert (and i hope no one is running
> /usr over wifi!), but /usr/libdata/firmware could come back
> in the future..

Besides the "needed early for boot" qualifier, we should also try to
keep the size of the root partition small. Many systems have firmware
that can only boot from restricted sized partitions and if you are not
going for a separate /boot the traditional setup is size restricted /
plus separately mounted /usr.

Luckily none of those systems is likely going to need this wifi firmware ;-)

Martin