Author: ken
Date: Tue Feb 19 16:07:32 2019
New Revision: 21208
Log:
Tweak the firmware page:
· Intel re-released the latest microcode with a sensible license, no other
changes.
· I have a laptop that needs firmware both for the ethernet post AND for
bluetooth to get wired ethernet working.
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/postlfs/config/firmware.xml
Modified: trunk/BOOK/postlfs/config/firmware.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/postlfs/config/firmware.xml Tue Feb 19 14:12:34 2019
(r21207)
+++ trunk/BOOK/postlfs/config/firmware.xml Tue Feb 19 16:07:32 2019
(r21208)
@@ -65,8 +65,11 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Firmware updates for wired network ports. Mostly they work even
- without the updates, but one must assume that they will work better with
- the updated firmware.</para>
+ without the updates, but probably they will work better with
+ the updated firmware. For some modern laptops, firmware for both
+ wired ethernet (e.g. rtl_nic) and also for bluetooth devices (e.g. qca)
+ is <emphasis>required</emphasis> before the wired network can be used.
+ </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Firmware for other devices, such as wifi. These devices are not
@@ -133,7 +136,7 @@
<para>The first step is to get the most recent version of the Intel
microcode. This must be done by navigating to
- <ulink
url='https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/28039/Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-File'/>
+ <ulink
url='https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/28087/Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-File'/>
and following the instructions there. As of this writing the most recent
version of the microcode is <filename>microcode-20180807.tgz</filename>.
Extract this file in the normal way to create an
<filename>intel-ucode</filename>
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