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

[Gaudenz Steinlin <gaudenz@debian.org>]

Hi

Brian Potkin <claremont102@gmail.com> writes:
>  
> +</para><para>
> +
> +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 what they were at the
> +beginning and may mean some of your hardware is not being used to its
> +full potential. If you suspect this is the case, or are just curious, it
> +is not a bad idea to check the output of the <command>dmesg</command>
> +command on the newly booted system and search for "firmware", "missing",
> +"unable" or "fail".
> +

Shouldn't we improve the installer to do this search instead? To me this
seems to be mostly scriptable.

Gaduenz

-- 
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter.
Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
~ Samuel Beckett ~