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Bug#779546: Further information



Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> (2015-03-03):
> Yes, that's right.  The problem is that we now detect missing firmware
> by scraping the kernel log, and we still pick up old ones after
> installing firmware and poking the driver.
> 
> I think we could solve this by noting the timestamp at the bottom of the
> kernel log every time we scan it, then only checking lines after that on
> the next scan.

I think that's an idea I mentioned in a previous bug report, yes. I'll
try and see if I can implement & verify this before RC2.

Mraw,
KiBi.

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