Changeset 6478cf6

Timestamp:

09/25/2023 10:12:30 AM (8 months ago)

Author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…>

Branches:

12.1, ken/TL2024, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, plabs/newcss, python3.11, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, xry111/llvm18

Children:

6da63af, 7acd427

Parents:

a6039f2

Message:

firmware: Use "/plain" for browsing the tree of the git repo, and add the correct URL for cloning

Fixes #18632.

File:

• postlfs/config/firmware.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

postlfs/config/firmware.xml

@@ -4 +4 @@
   <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
   %general-entities;
+  <!ENTITY linux-firmware-git "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git">
 ]>
 
@@ -25 +26 @@
   <para>
     Currently, most firmware can be found at a <userinput>git</userinput>
-    repository: <ulink url=
-      "https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/"/>.
+    repository which can be viewed in the browser with the URL
+    <ulink url="&linux-firmware-git;/plain"/>.
     For convenience, the LFS Project has created a mirror, updated daily, where
     these firmware files can be accessed via <userinput>wget</userinput> or a
@@ -34 +35 @@
   <para>
     To get the firmware, either point a browser to one of the above
-    repositories and then download the item(s) which you need, or install
-    <xref linkend="git"/> and clone that repository.
+    repositories and then download the item(s) which you need.  If you want
+    all these firmware files (for example you are distributing the system
+    onto multiple hardware systems), install <xref linkend="git"/> and clone
+    <ulink url='&linux-firmware-git;'/>, or open this URL in a browser and
+    download the latest snapshot listed in the <literal>Tag</literal>
+    table.
   </para>