[Bug 52953] Re: [Bug 52953] Re: Proprietary Firmware in default Linux-image-xxx

Ben Collins ben.collins at ubuntu.com
Sat Aug 12 08:03:40 UTC 2006


On Sat, 2006-08-12 at 07:09 +0000, Phlogistique wrote:
> Of course.
> 
> But a Ubuntu user must have the freedom to remove the non-free material
> easily. The problem is not it's included, the problem is it's included
> in the kernel package so user can't remove it unless by recompiling
> linux.

echo "postinst_hook = rm -rf /lib/firmware" >> /etc/kernel-img.conf

None of the firmware is compiled into the kernel.

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Proprietary Firmware in default Linux-image-xxx
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