Bug#543398: linux-image-2.6.30-1-686: e100 is missing a dependency on linux-firmware
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 07:24:28PM +0100, Jon Thackray wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.30-1-686
> Version: 2.6.30-5
> Severity: important
>
> In the 2.6.30 kernel, but not in 2.6.26, e100 depends on d101m_ucode.bin,
> from firmware-linux.
> The kernel package is not marked as depending on this.
Packages in main cannot depend upon packages in non-free. Further,
this isn't a strict dependency - only certain devices require firmware
files. I won't argue that the current mechanism is ideal - there is a
warning on upgrade (from initramfs-tools), but it doesn't tell you
precisely what to do about it.
> Consequently, if
> you reboot into your newly installed 2.6.30 kernel, your networking, if
> using an E10/100 card for instance, is irretrievably broken.
Irretrievably? Can't you reboot your old kernel and install
firmware-linux?
--
dann frazier
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