On Sat, 2012-12-08 at 18:04 +0000, Brian Potkin wrote: > On Sat 08 Dec 2012 at 13:59:57 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > On Sat, 2012-12-08 at 12:29 +0100, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > > > 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 is irrelevant; not all drivers are included in d-i (and in > > particular radeon is not). > > Even though I thought I had implied this there may be some element of > imprecision in my expression. I was also trying not to be too specific > about which missing firmware might not be detected. Is this any better? > > The installer only prompts for firmware needed by kernel > modules loaded during the installation. Not all drivers are > included in d-i (in particular radeon is not) so . . . Yes, that is clearr. > > > 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. > > > > This doesn't work. > > > > I think we should standardise the log messages from the kernel. > > 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. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Beware of programmers who carry screwdrivers. - Leonard Brandwein
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