Tiny Core Linux

dCore Import Debian Packages to Mountable SCE extensions => dCore X86 => Topic started by: sm8ps on July 20, 2015, 10:42:08 AM

Title: Initial SCEs on dCore-repo: add firmware
Post by: sm8ps on July 20, 2015, 10:42:08 AM

I am compiling another how-to and am trying to cover most all imaginable cases. If someone does not have an Ethernet connection but does rely on wireless only, they depend on side-loading the extensions for wireless from the dCore-repo. There is wireless-<KERNEL>-tinycore.sce and wireless.sce available which is good.

However, if the wlan-nic needs firmware then one is quite at loss. Would it be possible to include the (Ubuntu) packages linux-firmware as well as linux-firmware-nonfree (and similar for Debian) in the repo? One down-side I can think of is that these packages occasionally get updated so one would have to make sure they are sort of up to date.

Title: Re: Initial SCEs on dCore-repo: add firmware
Post by: Jason W on July 20, 2015, 12:22:00 PM

Are you talking about wireless firmware?  All linux firmware is included in the wireless.sce extension, as many wireless devices need firmware.

Title: Re: Initial SCEs on dCore-repo: add firmware
Post by: sm8ps on July 20, 2015, 12:42:56 PM

Yes, I was talking about wireless firmware, indeed. Thanks for clarifying!