On Sat, 2015-04-25 at 22:53 +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 08:24:47PM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > > Andrew M.A. Cater <amacater@galactic.demon.co.uk> (2015-04-25): > > > Package: debian-installer > > > Version: 20150422 > > > Severity: normal > > > > > > Dear Maintainer, > > > > > > *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate *** > > > > > > * What led up to the situation? > > > > > > Selecting auto install: hangs waiting for firmware, same hardware works fine if expert install used > > > * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or > > > ineffective)? > > This is a Zotac zbox id-6 - dual core AMD, iwlwifi, realtek 8169, Radeon. > > The installer reports that iwlwifi firmwre is needed and realtek firmare is also needed. In fact, the realtek > firmware is not needed - the wired interface works fine without it to install, so it's fine to skip installation > of non-free firmware when first prompted. [...] The Realtek 81xx-family chips all have firmware in non-volatile memory, but Realtek provides firmware updates to fix bugs. In some cases those bugs are quite serious, for example it can't establish a link with some switches. The driver tries to load a firmware update for the chip if it has been issued, but will continue without if the file is missing. But there's no way for the installer to know generically that certain firmware is optional, and I don't think it should be completely quiet when the chip will otherwise be running known buggy firmware. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings I'm not a reverse psychological virus. Please don't copy me into your sig.
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