On Wed, 5 Jul 2017 at 01:49:30 -0700
Rick Moen <rick@???> wrote:

> Quoting Alessandro Selli (alessandroselli@???):
>
>> I twice quoted the thread proving what I reported was just what was been
>> discussed.
>
> '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.

If you still think that is not the case, please:

    «  If you disagree, kindly point out what other method is available
    that allows a kernel to lawfully feed a controller a
    [proprietary] firmware before mounting the root FS.»
    (edited)

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