--On Thursday, March 10, 2005 9:40 AM -0600 Gregory G Carter gcarter@aesgi.com wrote:
Perhaps manufacturers who only distribute firmware binaries could provide the kernel operating groups urls to put into the "make config". That way when I or someone else goes to build or install an initial kernel, you do not get a "kiddie-wumpus" kernel installation with drivers that do not work.
What happens when you install with Anaconda from CD or HD and the only network connection is your wireless NIC? Are you assuming that the firmware is locally available to the installation kernel, perhaps as a linked-in image?