From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Nov 22 04:29:00 2018 Received: (at 33190-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 22 Nov 2018 09:29:00 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40504 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gPlIB-000624-5M for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 22 Nov 2018 04:29:00 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:39503) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gPlIA-00061r-3c for 33190-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 22 Nov 2018 04:28:58 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gPlI3-0002QH-UF for 33190-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 22 Nov 2018 04:28:52 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:42512) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gPlI3-0002QA-QN; Thu, 22 Nov 2018 04:28:51 -0500 Received: from [2001:660:6102:320:e120:2c8f:8909:cdfe] (port=46146 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1gPlI3-00080a-I0; Thu, 22 Nov 2018 04:28:51 -0500 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) To: Subject: Re: bug#33190: Choose devices according to linux-libre code References: X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 2 Frimaire an 227 de la =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2018 10:28:49 +0100 In-Reply-To: (znavko's message of "Sun, 28 Oct 2018 19:45:12 +0100 (CET)") Message-ID: <87h8g9cvfy.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 33190-done Cc: help-guix@gnu.org, 33190-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -6.0 (------) Hello, skribis: > As I've got here > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2018-10/msg00083.html > some devices cannot work without linux-firmware, requiring non-free > software drivers. It is so bad. > > I believe the issue can be solved by choosing devices that have proper > support by linux-libre code. So how to do this? Is there any info how > to choose devices working nice on linux-libre? The manual gives a couple of hints: https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Hardware-Considerat= ions.html The problem is of course not specific to GuixSD, that=E2=80=99s why the man= ual refers to H-Node, but there are probably other similar resources out there. HTH, Ludo=E2=80=99.