#Debian: #Firmware - what are we going to do about it?
source: https://blog.einval.com/2022/04/19
TL;DR: firmware support in Debian sucks, and we need to change this. See the "My preference, and rationale" Section below.
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For Debian's purposes, we typically separate firmware from software by considering where the code executes (does it run on a separate processor? Is it visible to the host OS?) but it can be difficult to define a single reliable dividing line here. Consider the Intel/AMD #CPU #microcode packages, or the U-Boot firmware packages as examples.
