On Tue, 08 Feb 2011, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Mark a écrit : > > I have read the Squeeze Release Notes, here is what it says about > > non-free firmware. So the RTFM responses can stop now... > > > > 2.1.2. Firmware moved to the non-free section > > > > Some drivers included in the Linux kernel used to contain non-free > > firmware blobs. Starting from squeeze this firmware has been moved > > to separate packages in the non-free section of the archive, such as > > |firmware-linux|. If such packages are installed, the firmware will > > be loaded automatically when required. > > After reading this (*before* upgrading), you just go back to the Debian > site home page, click on the "Packages" link, search for > "firmware-linux", read that it is a meta-package depending on > firmware-linux-free and firmware-linux-nonfree, click on the link and > read the list of affected hardware.
The release notes are a hand-holding document. If something is important enough to be a pitfall during the upgrade process, it needs to be described in the *upgrade* section of the release notes. "implied" in the "what's new" doesn't cut it. The kernel images try to warn you of missing firmware, however the warnings can easily get lost in the noise during the upgrade. The lack of specific instructions/warnings about the firmware packages in the "upgrading" section was an oversight, and it is being fixed. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110208132814.gb31...@khazad-dum.debian.net
