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Re: How to manually install WiFi firmware on Debian Live?

From Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: How to manually install WiFi firmware on Debian Live?
Date 2021-03-15 17:50 +0100
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Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> writes:

> That doesn't seem to be the standard method for the last 9 years,
> see...
>
> https://lwn.net/Articles/518942/
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/8/5/175

Thanks.

> Maybe the old ways are still enabled in Debian and used in some cases?
> My bullseye kernel does have the kernel config enabled for user side
> firmware loaders, I've not looked at udev.

I seriously doubt that. udev is part of systemd now and it seems crazy
Debian would maintain old code like that. With a quick look at the the
patches Debian applies to udev there are six but none of them seem
relevant to firmware loading.

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  Re: How to manually install WiFi firmware on Debian Live? IL Ka <kazakevichilya@gmail.com> - 2021-03-12 02:00 +0100
    Re: How to manually install WiFi firmware on Debian Live? Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2021-03-12 10:20 +0100
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    Re: How to manually install WiFi firmware on Debian Live? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-03-12 15:30 +0100
      Re: How to manually install WiFi firmware on Debian Live? Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z <santiagopinth@gmail.com> - 2021-03-12 17:30 +0100
  Re: How to manually install WiFi firmware on Debian Live? Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2021-03-12 19:20 +0100
    Re: How to manually install WiFi firmware on Debian Live? deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2021-03-13 00:20 +0100
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          Re: How to manually install WiFi firmware on Debian Live? Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2021-03-15 17:50 +0100
            Re: How to manually install WiFi firmware on Debian Live? Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2021-03-15 18:10 +0100
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