Re: Bug#561309: Thecus n2100, d-i and #561309

2009-12-30 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Wed, 2009-12-30 at 02:05 -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Ben Hutchings wrote: > > 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 anywa

Re: Bug#561309: Thecus n2100, d-i and #561309

2009-12-29 Thread Joey Hess
Ben Hutchings wrote: > 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.

Re: Bug#561309: Thecus n2100, d-i and #561309

2009-12-29 Thread Ben Hutchings
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.)

Thecus n2100, d-i and #561309

2009-12-29 Thread Joey Hess
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.) In d-i, check-missing-firmware is run by ethdetect and wil