Processed: Re: Bug#695403: installation-guide: Please point out the limitations of firmware detection

2012-12-26 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing control commands: > tag -1 pending Bug #695403 [installation-guide] installation-guide: Please point out the limitations of firmware detection Added tag(s) pending. -- 695403: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=695403 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian

Bug#695403: installation-guide: Please point out the limitations of firmware detection

2012-12-26 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Control: tag -1 pending Brian Potkin (26/12/2012): > The typo is corrected in the attached patch. I trust someone will > commit it, as I do not have the right to do so. Ah, there it is, then: | $ debcommit -a | svn commit -m 'Improvement documentation about kernel modules needing firmwares, | i

Bug#695403: installation-guide: Please point out the limitations of firmware detection

2012-12-26 Thread Brian Potkin
On Tue 25 Dec 2012 at 20:29:29 +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Brian Potkin (11/12/2012): > > Very helpful. Thanks. > > > > Here is an ammended patch. > > Looks good to me (modulo a tiny typo), please commit The typo is corrected in the attached patch. I trust someone will commit it, as I do n

Bug#695403: installation-guide: Please point out the limitations of firmware detection

2012-12-25 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Brian Potkin (11/12/2012): > Very helpful. Thanks. > > Here is an ammended patch. Looks good to me (modulo a tiny typo), please commit. > --- manual/en/using-d-i/loading-firmware.xml 2012-12-07 11:41:10.0 > + > +++ manual/en/using-d-i/loading-firmware_dmesg-2.xml 2012-12-11 > 21

Bug#695403: installation-guide: Please point out the limitations of firmware detection

2012-12-11 Thread Brian Potkin
On Sun 09 Dec 2012 at 17:16:05 +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > I've prepared the kernel changes to make log messages for firmware > loading consistent. You should be able to document that searching for > 'firmware' will find any failures. Very helpful. Thanks. Here is an ammended patch. Regards,

Bug#695403: installation-guide: Please point out the limitations of firmware detection

2012-12-09 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2012-12-08 at 19:52 +, Brian Potkin wrote: > On Sat 08 Dec 2012 at 18:59:43 +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > On Sat, 2012-12-08 at 18:04 +, Brian Potkin wrote: > > > > > > Would a user employing the search terms have some chance of discovering > > > a lack of firmware on an insta

Bug#695403: installation-guide: Please point out the limitations of firmware detection

2012-12-08 Thread Brian Potkin
On Sat 08 Dec 2012 at 18:59:43 +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Sat, 2012-12-08 at 18:04 +, Brian Potkin wrote: > > > > Would a user employing the search terms have some chance of discovering > > a lack of firmware on an installed system? > > Yes, but if you find yourself writing instruction

Bug#695403: installation-guide: Please point out the limitations of firmware detection

2012-12-08 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2012-12-08 at 18:04 +, Brian Potkin wrote: > On Sat 08 Dec 2012 at 13:59:57 +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > On Sat, 2012-12-08 at 12:29 +0100, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > Brian Potkin writes: > > > > > > > > + > > > > + > > > > +The routines used to detect missing f

Bug#695403: installation-guide: Please point out the limitations of firmware detection

2012-12-08 Thread Brian Potkin
On Sat 08 Dec 2012 at 13:59:57 +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Sat, 2012-12-08 at 12:29 +0100, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > > Hi > > > > Brian Potkin writes: > > > > > > + > > > + > > > +The routines used to detect missing firmware can only be of help for > > > +modules loaded after &d-i; has start

Bug#695403: installation-guide: Please point out the limitations of firmware detection

2012-12-08 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2012-12-08 at 12:29 +0100, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > Hi > > Brian Potkin writes: > > > > + > > + > > +The routines used to detect missing firmware can only be of help for > > +modules loaded after &d-i; has started. This is irrelevant; not all drivers are included in d-i (and in partic

Bug#695403: installation-guide: Please point out the limitations of firmware detection

2012-12-08 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
Hi Brian Potkin writes: > > + > + > +The routines used to detect missing firmware can only be of help for > +modules loaded after &d-i; has started. This implies that the > +capabilities of some devices, the graphics card, for example, are no > +different at the end of the installation from wh

Bug#695403: installation-guide: Please point out the limitations of firmware detection

2012-12-07 Thread Brian Potkin
Package: installation-guide Severity: normal Tags: d-i patch The attached patch is a tentative attempt to answer the concerns raised and discussed in #694777. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=694777 Regards, Brian. --- manual/en/using-d-i/loading-firmware.xml2012-12-07 1