Hi, On 06-08-2021 21:52, Holger Wansing wrote: > 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 I've reordered it a bit, as the template was for a list of changes. As we now only have one section, let's call it a section. I have further fixed two wrongly ordered tags, used bullseye in the links and fixed a weird sentence in the next section. Before pushing, I hope to see comments from Justin. Paul
From 4c744fe5e3206521ceb3174eb34b5d6ea69c2eab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2021 07:31:28 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] installing.dbk: add d-i firmware note Closes: #991969 --- en/installing.dbk | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/en/installing.dbk b/en/installing.dbk index 7a7e0674..10396c60 100644 --- a/en/installing.dbk +++ b/en/installing.dbk @@ -44,21 +44,46 @@ 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 +<!-- no major changes --> <section id="inst-changes"> +<!-- normal title <title>Major changes</title> +--> +<title>Help with installation of firmware</title> +<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> +<para> + Please note, that this new functionality is restricted to the + unofficial installer images with firmware included (see <ulink + url="&url-installer;#firmware_nonfree">&url-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/bullseye/amd64/ch06s04.en.html#completing-installed-system";>the + dedicated chapter of the installation-guide</ulink>. +</para> +</section> -<!- - +<!-- (Disable if "no major changes" is in effect again) 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/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 +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 - -> <!- - TODO: Add @@ -119,7 +144,7 @@ Marathi, Nepali, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Tibetan, and Uyghur. <section id="inst-auto"> <title>Automated installation</title> <para> -Some changes mentioned in the previous section also imply changes in +Some changes also imply changes in the support in the installer for automated installation using preconfiguration files. This means that if you have existing preconfiguration files that worked with the &oldreleasename; installer, you cannot expect these to work with the new -- 2.30.2
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