I'm wondering whether there's a bug I can file to make it easier for
users of kernel 2.6.29 and later to know they might want firmware-linux
installed also.
I just upgraded from 2.6.26 to 2.6.30 and update-initramfs complained
that it couldn't find the e100 firmware. I didn't have it so naturally
the new kernel couldn't use the e100 driver. Not too surprising, there
has to be some reason to call it "unstable". ;-)
At first glance I didn't find firmware-linux since it doesn't say e100
in the description (the firmware name is in there though so I'd have
found it by looking harder).
So I wonder, by the time 2.6.30+ goes to stable, how will a
non-technical user know they want firmware-linux? Should the
linux-image packages recommend it (they can't depend on non-free, right)?
Is this something that's already solved? Is it something that needs to
be solved?
Thanks!
Dave
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