Package: release-notes
I would like to add a paragraph to the release-notes, describing a bit the new "install-firmware" mechanism via modalias, with a link to the new doc in the installation-guide, for those who experience problems. Please find a patch attached. (Additionally, I updated some links to D-I alpha and RC releases for Bullseye, just for completeness. Better than keeping the old ones for Buster in this file.) @debian-boot: since there was no more comment, I'm turning this into a bugreport now. We are already late before release date, and translators need time too... @release: sorry for being late Holger -- Holger Wansing <hwans...@mailbox.org> PGP-Fingerprint: 496A C6E8 1442 4B34 8508 3529 59F1 87CA 156E B076
diff --git a/en/installing.dbk b/en/installing.dbk index 7a7e0674..9d645d61 100644 --- a/en/installing.dbk +++ b/en/installing.dbk @@ -44,41 +44,56 @@ for the &releasename; beta and RC releases available from the Debian Installer's <ulink url="&url-installer-news;">news history</ulink>. </para> -<!-- no major changes <section id="inst-changes"> <title>Major changes</title> -<!- - +<!-- release-notes authors should check webwml repo or https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ -Sources (for buster): +Sources (for bullseye): + +https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2019/20191205 +https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2020/20200316 +https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2020/20201206 +https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2021/20210423 +https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2021/20210614 +https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2021/20210802 -https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2017/20170903 -https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2017/20171206 -https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2018/20180619 -https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2018/20181215 -https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2019/20190202 - -> <!- - TODO: Add * -- -> +--> <variablelist> -<!- - The following empty paragraph purpose is to unb0rk - the build until real material get committed - -> - <varlistentry> -<term><!- - Empty Title - -></term> +<term>Help with installation of firmware</term> <listitem> <para> -<!- - Empty Paragraph - -> +More and more, peripheral devices require firmware to be loaded as part of the +hardware initialization. To help deal with this problem, the installer has been +improved. +Based on a hardware ID to firmware file mapping, if some of the installed +hardware requires firmware files to be installed, the code installs them +automatically. +<para></para> +Please note, that this new functionality is restricted to the unofficial +installer images with firmware included (see <ulink +url="https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/debian-installer/#firmware_nonfree";>https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/debian-installer/#firmware_nonfree</ulink>). +The firmware is usually not DFSG compliant, so it is not possible to +distribute it in Debian's main repository. +<para></para> +If you experience problems related to (missing) firmware, you might want +to read <ulink +url="https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch06s04.en.html#completing-installed-system";>the +dedicated chapter of the installation-guide</ulink>. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> +<!-- <varlistentry> <term>New languages</term> <listitem> @@ -111,10 +126,10 @@ Marathi, Nepali, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Tibetan, and Uyghur. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> +--> </variablelist> </section> ---> <section id="inst-auto"> <title>Automated installation</title>
