On Wed, 5 Jul 2017 at 02:48:31 -0700
Rick Moen <rick@???> wrote:
> Quoting Alessandro Selli (alessandroselli@???):
>
>>> 'It cannot work if what you need to do is feeding the HD controller some
>>> proprietary firmware that cannot legally be embedded in the GPL driver.'
>>>
>>> Has nothing whatsover to do with distribution.  Obviously.
>> 
>>   It obviously does, because that is one of the reasons distributions
>> have to equip their kernels with initramfs: they are needed on machines
>> that would otherwise fail to boot due to the fact they will be unable to
>> mount / on boot.
>
> The post in question had nothing to do with any of that. 
  The whole thread does.
  More reality-denying will take you nowhere.
  Didn't you state: "Which reminds me, I have many better things to do"?  Time
to keep up with your (empty) promises.
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