2011/12/30 Thomas Backlund <[email protected]>: > 30.12.2011 02:25, David Walser skrev: >> >> Thomas Backlund wrote: >>> >>> 29.12.2011 22:39, David Walser skrev: >>>> >>>> David Walser wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Thomas Backlund wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Now this does not fix the radeon-firmware issue, as this is only to >>>>>> get installer running on all hw. (I probably will remove >>>>>> radeon-firmware >>>>>> again as it's not needed/used by the installer) >>>>>> >>>>>> For the radeon-firmware (and other nonfree firmware) issue, we still >>>>>> need to fix stage2 installer. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Do you have a reference for this issue? >>>> >>>> >>>> Is it https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1471 or something else? >>>> >>> >>> Yes, it's exactly that. >>> >>> the free DVD does not contain anything from nonfree, so radeon fails to >>> load until the firmware gets installed. >>> >>> So we are trying to solve this issue cleanly. >>> One thing I'm working on is a separate firmware iso to burn (or put >>> contents on usb stick) to satisfy this need. >>> >>> The other option for radeon users is to install using livecds. >> >> >> I want to make sure I understand you correctly, as I'm planning to upgrade >> a MDV 2010.2 machine with a Radeon HD 4650 to Mageia 1 tomorrow. >> >> The referenced bug makes it sound like the installer works fine, but since >> it doesn't have access to the nonfree firmware, the initrds it >> generates in the bootloader installation part doesn't contain them, so >> booting the installed system is problematic if you don't do >> radeon.modeset=0. > > > > This is correct. > > The other option on Mageia 1 is to do a online upgrade, and it will pull the > needed firmwares from nonfree during install. > > >> >> Listening to you in this thread I'm getting worried DrakX itself may not >> work without access to the firmware. Did I misread you? >> > > DrakX/installer will work as it does not rely on hw specific drivers, as it > runs in framebuffer mode. > > The point of fixing stage2 is that when installer detects hw that needs > firmware from nonfree, it should notify the user and ask if he/she wants > to install it, either from an additional media or from online repos. > > The problem with upcoming radeon hw, is that it wont work with > radeon.modeset=0 as the only supported mode is KMS. > > I'm also looking into have the radeon driver refuse to load if it does > not find its firmware, and maybe instead load vesa. But no ETA on that part.
And yet another important issue is wifi firmware to enable notebook/netbook owners to install from dvd + extra cd/stick. -- wobo
