On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 06:58:52PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > >Today I had a look at this issue, and tested a bit. A new package was >just uploaded to unstable with the changes I believe we need in Debian >Edu. > >I changed the hw-detect code that take care of the firmware loading, >to see if the .deb file include a preinst, and run it if it exist. >With the firmware-ipw2x00 package, the license question was displayed >as it should and answering now causes the firmware package to be >removed from d-i and the firmware not to be used. > >To allow firmware to be found also when it is on the installation CD >or DVD, I added code to look in /cdrom/firmware/ for firmware (u)debs. >It will not accept loose firmware files in this location, only >packages. To test it, build your own CD with the firmware .debs >symlinked from /firmware/ to /pool/. > >To allow firmware to be found when booting via PXE, it will also look >in /firmware/ for (u)debs. To test this feature, the PXE initrd need >to be repacked with the wanted firmware packages stored in /firmware/. > >If the firmware is in a .deb package, the same package will also be >installed in /target/, and if preseeding of the license is allowed, >the license question will not show up again (this is the case for >firmware-ipw2x00). If preseeding isn't allowed, I believe dpkg will >try to show the license again (and fail, because debconf forwarding is >not set up in that part of the code). I guess we should solve that >problem if we run into firmware .debs which do not allow preseeding. :) > >Give it a try, and let me know if it work for you. :)
I've added code into debian-cd to generate images with firmware on the first CD. Add "FORCE_FIRMWARE=1" in CONF.sh. I've also tweaked the build scripts so that we'll start generating them. I can see that I've got all the firmware debs in /firmware in the ISO, but I don't see any feedback to suggest that the installer is picking up on them. Test images available at http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/sid_d-i/20100527-7/i386/iso-cd/firmware-testing-i386-netinst.iso http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/sid_d-i/20100527-7/amd64/iso-cd/firmware-testing-amd64-netinst.iso in case anybody else wants to help testing them. I've still got a couple more things to decide about these new firmware-included images even once we've got these working: * where exactly to put them on cdimage (for now they're alongside the normal images) * how to describe them in the README on the disc. For now I've added: "This disc includes non-free firmware files to make installation easier on some systems. See http://wiki.debian.org/Firmware for more details." but I'm open to suggestions for something better. Cheers, -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com You raise the blade, you make the change... You re-arrange me 'til I'm sane... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100527141708.ga27...@einval.com
