[meta-intel] minnowboard: question about the inclusion of linux-firmware

[Kamble, Nitin A]

On 5/28/2014 8:03 AM, Christopher Larson wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I'd thought I'd already sent this, but apparently it had been floating 
> around in drafts. I had a quick question about the blanket inclusion 
> of linux-firmware. Are there specific firmware images from this needed 
> to support the minnowboard hardware, or is it only included for 
> potential firmware for e.g. usb wireless adapters?
Many of the wifi drivers, need to load the firmware specific chip to get 
wifi working. AFAIK there is no other hardware which need to pull 
firmware fomr the linux-firmware package.

Nitin

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> Christopher Larson
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