On Tue, 2009-12-29 at 23:02 -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > The Thecus n2100 uses r8169 for ethernet. > Per #561309, in 2.6.32, that module requests two firmware files > (that are not packaged and are nonfree anyway), even when they are not > needed by the actual hardware. (The n2100 doesn't need them.)
It does not. However, the static information in the module lists all firmware files that it might request. [...] > A few workarounds could be done on the d-i side. We could skip the > blocking note display if the only missing files are those two. Or the > note could be disabled from being shown before the network is configured > (by preseeding or other method) on systems using network-console. This problem is not unique to r8169; you should fix it generically in d-i. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings The obvious mathematical breakthrough [to break modern encryption] would be development of an easy way to factor large prime numbers. - Bill Gates
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