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Bug#991969: marked as done (D-I: news for Bullseye: help with firmware installation)

Your message dated Sat, 7 Aug 2021 21:35:23 +0200
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and subject line Re: Bug#991969: D-I: news for Bullseye: help with firmware installation
has caused the Debian Bug report #991969,
regarding D-I: news for Bullseye: help with firmware installation
to be marked as done.

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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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Hi Holger,

On 07-08-2021 11:43, Holger Wansing wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Am 7. August 2021 09:01:56 MESZ schrieb "McIntyre, Vincent (S&A, Marsfield)" <Vincent.Mcintyre@csiro.au>:
>> On Sat, Aug 07, 2021 at 07:40:52AM +0200, Paul Gevers wrote:
>>> +<para>
>>> +  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>
>>
>> How about
>>
>> +  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 a new feature. If some of the installed hardware
>> +  requires firmware files to be installed, the installer will try
>> +  to add them to the system, based on a mapping from hardware ID
>> +  to firmware file names.
> 
> I would second the last sentence of Vincents proposal ("If some of 
> your...") since it's easier understandable.

Pushed.

Paul

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