On Sat, 2012-12-08 at 19:52 +0000, Brian Potkin wrote: > On Sat 08 Dec 2012 at 18:59:43 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > On Sat, 2012-12-08 at 18:04 +0000, 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 instructions like this then it's a > > software bug, not a documentation bug. > > Thank you very much for this; it puts the issue into perspective. I'm > very conscious of the work which is put into Debian by many people and > was trying not increase the load by promoting a software solution, not > that I have anything significant to contribute in that area. I will try > to bear your dictum in mind (which does not guarantee I will not forget > it) for future contributions. 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. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
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