Bug#707144: initramfs-tools: fails to include firmware

2013-05-08 Thread Sebastian Dalfuß
Hello. This bug should be closed. I mixed up an error message from a vanilla kernel (which of course shouldn't bother Debian) and a very similar looking one for the Debian kernel, where the firmware was simply actually missing. I fixed it for the Debian kernel by simply updating the initramfs

Bug#707144: initramfs-tools: fails to include firmware

2013-05-07 Thread Sebastian Dalfuß
On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 09:19:12PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: > Why would you need firmware for a wireless driver in initramfs? Root on > nfs over wifi doesn't sound like a sane thing to do, somehow. With the firmware not beeing present during boot, I got a kernel error message about firmware

Bug#707144: initramfs-tools: fails to include firmware

2013-05-07 Thread Sebastian Dalfuß
Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.112 Severity: normal While installing a new kernel or updating initramfs update-initramfs fails to add necessary firmware to the initramfs. Quick'n dirty workaround: I added copy_exec "/lib/firmware/iwlwifi-6000g2b-6.ucode" to the bottom of manual_add_modules(