Bug 6398

Summary:	drakx-net should automatically find required firmware packages instead of hardcoding a list
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Olivier Blin <mageia>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia tools maintainers <mageiatools>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	nic, thierry.vignaud, tmb
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	drakx-net	CVE:
Status comment:

Description Olivier Blin 2012-06-10 16:46:15 CEST

drakx-net should automatically find required firmware packages instead of hardcoding a list.
The current way is error-prone and requires manual developer attention, while it could be dynamic.

Instead of hardcoding the "thirdparty" list in network::connection::wireless, for most drivers, we could run modinfo on the driver to find if a firmware is required, and if so, find the required package using urpmf /lib/firmware/<firmware field>

Olivier Blin 2012-06-10 16:46:51 CEST

CC: (none) => thierry.vignaud

Comment 1 Thierry Vignaud 2012-09-04 18:20:17 CEST

Indeed

Comment 2 Nic Baxter 2015-03-10 08:00:06 CET

What is normal practise with this bug/enhancement? Just leave it for the record?

CC: (none) => nic

Samuel Verschelde 2016-10-15 20:16:40 CEST

Assignee: bugsquad => mageiatools