Package: live-boot
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: a.dalm2...@googlemail.com
Dear Maintainer,
on the Devices Requiring Firmware step in the debian-installer
(debian-11.6.0-amd64-netinst.iso)
multiple files are requested for my Beelink BT3:
brcmfmac43340-sdio.bin
brcmfmac43340-sdio.To be filled by O.E.M.-Z83.txt
brcmfmac43340-sdio.txt
rtl8168g-2.fw
both .txt files are requested at once and they are displayed tab-separated and
overlapping:
"The missing firmware files are: brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.To
brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.txt"
This makes no sense if you don't kwow which files are actually needed.
Better would be adding newlines after "The missing files" and every file.
brcmfmac43340-sdio.txt is just requested as fallback if the other file is not
existing:
dmesg | grep -E 'firmware|Bluetooth|brcm'
...
brcmfmac mmc1:0001:1: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.bin
failed with error -2
brcmfmac mmc1:0001:1: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.To be
filled by O.E.M.-Z83.txt failed with error -2
brcmfmac mmc1:0001:1: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.txt
failed with error -2
...
After installation the brcmfmac43340-sdio.To be filled by O.E.M.-Z83.txt file
is missing in the system files,
it seems like the copy process fails either due to special characters or length.
rtl8168g-2.fw is requested last if not on the usb-stick but it is copied
without asking when available
(tested twice, it can be found in system files after installation)
I'm not sure if the installer is supposed to ask for every single file or
auto-copy if available when other firmware files were copied before
Wishlist: firmware-detection for the existing firmware-folder in the iso would
be great.
-> flash iso to usb, add files -> done.
for me this seems like including just a additional search path for firmware
detection = 1 line of code
here are the cases I've tested:
files on stick: brcmfmac43340-sdio.bin, brcmfmac43340-sdio.To be filled by
O.E.M.-Z83.txt
The missing firmware files are: brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.bin -> Yes
The missing firmware files are: brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.To
brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.txt -> Yes
Installer asks for .txt files again -> hard shutdown, no cancel
installation button available
files on stick: brcmfmac43340-sdio.bin, brcmfmac43340-sdio.txt
The missing firmware files are: brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.bin -> Yes
The missing firmware files are: brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.To
brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.txt -> Yes
The missing firmware files are: brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.To
brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.clm_blob -> No (WLAN works without)
The missing firmware files are: rtl_nic/rtl8168g-2.fw -> hard shutdown,
no cancel installation button available
files on stick: brcmfmac43340-sdio.bin, brcmfmac43340-sdio.txt, rtl8168g-2.fw
The missing firmware files are: brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.bin -> Yes
The missing firmware files are: brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.To
brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.txt -> Yes
The missing firmware files are: brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.To
brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.clm_blob -> No (WLAN works without)
not asked for rtl8168g-2.fw but file is after installation in
/lib/firmware/rtl_nic/
(brcmfmac43340-sdio.bin and brcmfmac43340-sdio.txt are in
/lib/firmware/brcm/ after installation)
files on stick: brcmfmac43340-sdio.bin, brcmfmac43340-sdio.txt,
brcmfmac43340-sdio.To be filled by O.E.M.-Z83.txt, rtl8168g-2.fw
The missing firmware files are: brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.bin -> Yes
The missing firmware files are: brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.To
brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.txt -> Yes
The missing firmware files are: brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.To
brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.clm_blob -> No (WLAN works without)
not asked for rtl8168g-2.fw but file is after installation in
/lib/firmware/rtl_nic/
only brcmfmac43340-sdio.bin and brcmfmac43340-sdio.txt are in
/lib/firmware/brcm/ after installation
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 11.6
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-21-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_USER
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages live-boot depends on:
pn live-boot-initramfs-tools | live-boot-backend <none>
Versions of packages live-boot recommends:
pn live-boot-doc <none>
pn live-tools <none>
ii rsync 3.2.3-4+deb11u1
pn uuid-runtime <none>
Versions of packages live-boot suggests:
pn cryptsetup <none>
pn curlftpfs <none>
pn httpfs2 <none>
ii wget 1.21-1+deb11u1
