| Project: | Trisquel |
| Version: | 9.0 |
| Component: | Kernel/drivers |
| Category: | bug report |
| Priority: | critical |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | closed |
The helper for the kernel runs the Linux-libre deblob scripts with --force. This is causing deblob failures to go unnoticed because if the script encounters a problem with deblobbing it goes undetected because the script doesn't error out. This results in Trisquel shipping kernels that are not fully deblobbed. Please remove the use of --force from the helper. Further, there is no usage of deblob-check afterward to ensure a complete deblob happens. Please start running deblob-check on the deblobbed source code. If you're not checking, how can you be sure that the deblob was successful?
An example is here along with my comments (jxself):
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/hwe-kernels-can-load-proprietary-kernel-modules
The helper for the kernel runs the Linux-libre deblob scripts with --force.
This is no longer the case on nabia*, while etiona still uses the --force flag is very likely it's not making any effect.
I'll try to rebuild and test if that's the case.
* https://gitlab.trisquel.org/trisquel/package-helpers/-/blob/nabia/helpers/make-linux#L60
As of linux 4.15.0-159.167+9.0trisquel9 it doesn't use --force anymore, this can be closed.
Thanks!
Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.