From dd5e9ac8c28213eb4df9c7bc591718af8beb4d88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arnaud Rebillout Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 23:43:39 +0700 Subject: [PATCH] Drop firmware-b43 entirely The package might come back in Debian, or we might bring it back in Kali (if there is demand for it). However, the discussion at https://bugs.debian.org/1109025 suggests that the firmware blobs are not redistributable. --- .../package-lists/hardware-support.list.chroot | 12 +++--------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/kali-config/common/package-lists/hardware-support.list.chroot b/kali-config/common/package-lists/hardware-support.list.chroot index 592a16a..7f50555 100644 --- a/kali-config/common/package-lists/hardware-support.list.chroot +++ b/kali-config/common/package-lists/hardware-support.list.chroot @@ -1,15 +1,9 @@ ## -## The b43 firmware require network access, hence are not dependencies of -## kali-linux-firmware. But we install those in the live image anyway, -## since we have network access when we build the live ISO. -## -## 2025-07-10: https://www.lwfinger.com is down, so no b43 firmware +## Make sure we have firmware installed. This is actually redundant, since +## recent versions of live-build have some built-in logic to automatically +## install firmware anyway. ## kali-linux-firmware -## #if ARCHITECTURES i386 amd64 -## firmware-b43legacy-installer -## firmware-b43-installer -## #endif ## ## Make sure we install as many input/video drivers as we can. Note that