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[Mageia-dev] boot-nonfree.iso ?

+ Thomas Backlund + tmb at mageia.org +
+ Fri Dec 30 13:36:44 CET 2011 +

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+ +
30.12.2011 14:27, Wolfgang Bornath skrev:
+> 2011/12/30 Thomas Backlund<tmb at mageia.org>:
+
+>> 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.
+>
+
+Yep. That is what the "additional media" mentioned above is all about.
+
+I already have one created for test, but it didn't work properly for
+alpha2 so I didn't push it.
+I'll try to make it work for alpha3
+
+--
+Thomas
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