retitle 687454 Mention that some drivers are functional without firmware reassign 687454 installation-guide thanks
The problem of missing vio_type binary is already tracked in http://bugs.debian.org/678264, so no further action is required. Today I've received a report from another user who was confused by the tg3 driver prompting for firmware, so it looks like it would be beneficial to modify "Devices Requiring Firmware" section of the installation guide. In particular, We should include a note there that for some devices firmware may not be necessary, even though a firmware prompt is displayed. Broadcom devices using tg3 drivers may be mentioned as an example of such behavior. The pages http://wiki.debian.org/Firmware http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/NetbootFirmware also contain some useful firmware-related information and tricks, so might be worth mentioning. Best regards, -- Jurij Smakov ju...@wooyd.org Key: http://www.wooyd.org/pgpkey/ KeyID: C99E03CC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
