Bug#991969: D-I: news for Bullseye: help with firmware installation
Package: release-notes
I would like to add a paragraph to the release-notes, describing a bit the
new "install-firmware" mechanism via modalias, with a link to the new doc
in the installation-guide, for those who experience problems.
Please find a patch attached.
(Additionally, I updated some links to D-I alpha and RC releases for Bullseye,
just for completeness. Better than keeping the old ones for Buster in this file.)
@debian-boot:
since there was no more comment, I'm turning this into a bugreport now.
We are already late before release date, and translators need time too...
@release:
sorry for being late
Holger
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diff --git a/en/installing.dbk b/en/installing.dbk
index 7a7e0674..9d645d61 100644
--- a/en/installing.dbk
+++ b/en/installing.dbk
@@ -44,41 +44,56 @@ for the &releasename; beta and RC releases available from the Debian
Installer's <ulink url="&url-installer-news;">news history</ulink>.
</para>
-<!-- no major changes
<section id="inst-changes">
<title>Major changes</title>
-<!- -
+<!--
release-notes authors should check webwml repo or
https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
-Sources (for buster):
+Sources (for bullseye):
+
+https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2019/20191205
+https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2020/20200316
+https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2020/20201206
+https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2021/20210423
+https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2021/20210614
+https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2021/20210802
-https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2017/20170903
-https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2017/20171206
-https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2018/20180619
-https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2018/20181215
-https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2019/20190202
- ->
<!- - TODO: Add
*
-- ->
+-->
<variablelist>
-<!- - The following empty paragraph purpose is to unb0rk
- the build until real material get committed - ->
-
<varlistentry>
-<term><!- - Empty Title - -></term>
+<term>Help with installation of firmware</term>
<listitem>
<para>
-<!- - Empty Paragraph - ->
+More and more, peripheral devices require firmware to be loaded as part of the
+hardware initialization. To help deal with this problem, the installer has been
+improved.
+Based on a hardware ID to firmware file mapping, if some of the installed
+hardware requires firmware files to be installed, the code installs them
+automatically.
+<para></para>
+Please note, that this new functionality is restricted to the unofficial
+installer images with firmware included (see <ulink
+url="https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/debian-installer/#firmware_nonfree";>https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/debian-installer/#firmware_nonfree</ulink>).
+The firmware is usually not DFSG compliant, so it is not possible to
+distribute it in Debian's main repository.
+<para></para>
+If you experience problems related to (missing) firmware, you might want
+to read <ulink
+url="https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch06s04.en.html#completing-installed-system";>the
+dedicated chapter of the installation-guide</ulink>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+<!--
<varlistentry>
<term>New languages</term>
<listitem>
@@ -111,10 +126,10 @@ Marathi, Nepali, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Tibetan, and Uyghur.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+-->
</variablelist>
</section>
--->
<section id="inst-auto">
<title>Automated installation</title>
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