Removing linux-firmware from the build

[Kevin Gordon]

Oops bad cut and paste of the code below ...  better to just go look at his
script.  Line 5 should say run not pristine.  :-)


On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Kevin Gordon <kgordon420 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think this might be the same issue, if not, please forgive:
>
> On all of our deployed XO 1.0  machines, immediately after reflashing, we
> run one of Mavrothal's scripts that pretty much removes everything from that
> directory on the XO 1's.  The script saves one file only:  USB8388.bin   If
> one deletes that file, I believe networking ceases to function.  The code he
> uses is here:
>
> mv /versions/pristine/"$OSVER"/lib/firmware/usb8388.bin
> rm -rf /versions/pristine/"$OSVER"/lib/firmware/*
> mv usb8388.bin /versions/pristine/"$OSVER"/lib/firmware/
> mv usb8388.bin /versions/run/"$OSVER"/lib/firmware/
> rm -rf /versions/pristine/"$OSVER"/lib/firmware/*
> mv usb8388.bin /versions/run/"$OSVER"/lib/firmware/
>
> The script also removes a bunch of dri/lib,icon 256, and language
> versions.  Frees up about 60Mb on our machines.  His full script, along with
> a swap script, and some bad/ugly installs script is in this thread
>
> http://www.olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=4965.15
>
> O, and most importantly, the USB microscopes and Vernier sensors continue
> to work after deleting all those files.  I still haven't been able to get a
> USB2VGA projector to work on any 11-2 builds even beofre the firmware
> removal, so I cant comment on that part.
>
> Cheers
>
> KG
>
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> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Martin Langhoff <
> martin.langhoff at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Daniel Drake <dsd at laptop.org> wrote:
>> > Thanks for your input. USB VGA and USB storage devices do not draw
>> > firmware from Linux, so they would be unaffected. I am fairly sure
>> > that the same is true for robotics.
>>
>> +10 on removal :-)
>>
>>
>> m
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