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Bug#687955: marked as done (release-notes: AMD graphic cards/chips: firmware-linux-nonfree needed for most cards)

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has caused the Debian Bug report #687955,
regarding release-notes: AMD graphic cards/chips: firmware-linux-nonfree needed for most cards
to be marked as done.

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Package: release-notes
Severity: normal

Dear Debian folks,


without the non-free firmware from the package firmware-linux-nonfree
installed, most systems based on AMD graphics devices/chips have
problems with suspend to RAM, start up (wait for over a minute if
firmware cannot be found) or do not even work at all [1].

The need to install this package should be documented in the release
notes.


Thanks,

Paul


[1] https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55006

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On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 15:31:53 +0200, Paul Menzel wrote:

> Package: release-notes
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear Debian folks,
> 
> 
> without the non-free firmware from the package firmware-linux-nonfree
> installed, most systems based on AMD graphics devices/chips have
> problems with suspend to RAM, start up (wait for over a minute if
> firmware cannot be found) or do not even work at all [1].
> 
> The need to install this package should be documented in the release
> notes.
> 
I think the situation's improved quite a bit since this bug was filed,
but anyway...

index 31f3cdf..bb177b3 100644
--- a/en/issues.dbk
+++ b/en/issues.dbk
@@ -389,4 +389,20 @@ sql_engine: mysql</screen>
   </para>
 </section>
 
+<section id="firmware">
+  <title>Firmware for network and graphics drivers</title>
+  <para>
+    Some hardware drivers, including drivers for (wired or wireless) network
+    cards, as well as the driver for ATI/AMD graphics chipsets, require
+    loadable firmware in order to operate properly.
+  </para>
+  <para>
+    That firmware is often not free software, and as such only available for
+    the non-free archive, in the <systemitem
+      role="package">firmware-linux</systemitem> and <ulink
+      url="http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=firmware&amp;searchon=names&amp;suite=&releasename;&amp;section=all";>other</ulink>
+    packages.
+  </para>
+</section>
+
 </chapter>

Cheers,
Julien

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