<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/6/12 Alexandre Oliva <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lxoliva@fsfla.org">lxoliva@fsfla.org</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
linux-2.6.30-libre is now available from <a href="http://linux-libre.fsfla.org/" target="_blank">http://linux-libre.fsfla.org/</a><br>
<br>
Most of the changes to the deblobbing scripts, compared with 2.6.29,<br>
have to do with new drivers that require or contain non-Free Software<br>
and shuffling of non-Free firmware that used to be embedded in drivers,<br>
that keeps on being moved to the firmware/ tree<br>
<br>
The one exception is the Broadcom b43 WiFi driver, that now supports the<br>
Free firmware developed through reverse engineering. The firmware is<br>
requested as "b43-open/<name> , like upstream, and it's somewhat<br>
cheat-proof: it is supposed to recognize and accept only the Free<br>
firmware, regardless of name. I'd appreciate confirmation that I got it<br>
right, for I don't have any hardware handy that requires this driver.<br>
<br>
Enjoy, and Be Free! (as in Freedo :-)</blockquote><div><br></div></div>These are excelent news Alexandre.<br><br>I am a newbie although I have compiled a few kernels successfully (without being able to make them bootable though :-( ). I would like instructions please. Is there a step by step guide?<br>
<br>I am now downloading <a href="http://www.fsfla.org/svnwiki/selibre/linux-libre/download/releases/2.6.30-libre/linux-2.6.30-libre.tar.bz2">http://www.fsfla.org/svnwiki/selibre/linux-libre/download/releases/2.6.30-libre/linux-2.6.30-libre.tar.bz2</a> for making use Broadcom BCM4312 (b43 driver).<br>
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