Re: Towards d-i wheezy beta 3
On Sun, Sep 09, 2012 at 08:38:38PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> I'd like to see it recommend the instalation of (or just install by default)
> system processor microcode update packages when non-free is enabled on a x86
> arch (i386 or amd64) and the running processor is either Intel or AMD
> (easily identified by a grep in /proc/cpuinfo).
If we do that the same should also happen for firmware-linux-nonfree. Loading
the radeon KMS module without firmware available results in an unusable
(text) console. (Yes, it might be considered a bug that radeon is loadable
without.)
Kind regards
Philipp Kern
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