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

[Darren Hart]

On 5/28/14, 8:34, "Kamble, Nitin A" <nitin.a.kamble at intel.com> wrote:

>
>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.

Correct.

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Darren Hart					Open Source Technology Center
darren.hart at intel.com				            Intel Corporation