Bug#612349: release-notes: the upgrades section does not mention firmware woes
Package: release-notes
Severity: important
There is at least one report of an user who lost network connectivity
during the upgrade, because the firmware for his NIC (e100) was not
available anymore.
The release nodes neglect to recommend that the user should make sure
the firmware packages are installed. In fact, unless we add a list of
the hardware that requires non-free firmware, the release notes would
actually have to recommend that the user install BOTH firmware packages
unless he is sure he will not need them.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'squeeze-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32.28 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=pt_BR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
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