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| author | Karsten Merker <merker@debian.org> | 2012-09-16 20:33:31 +0000 |
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| committer | Karsten Merker <merker@debian.org> | 2012-09-16 20:33:31 +0000 |
| commit | a27f63dc7d11cd4de028f7e58743d37ba3563d9c (patch) | |
| tree | 8c34c27d2ad50843a3bf89eabd943c4e56d3d9ae /en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml | |
| parent | 2e3862e12774c3e703775a8d400f0e68ac6a76ba (diff) | |
| download | installation-guide-a27f63dc7d11cd4de028f7e58743d37ba3563d9c.zip | |
Added a note that for some devices firmware may not be necessary,
even though a firmware prompt is displayed.
Closes: #687454
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml b/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml index b4f11924a..41c970dea 100644 --- a/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml +++ b/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml @@ -443,5 +443,15 @@ such as a USB stick. See <xref linkend="loading-firmware"/> for detailed information on how to load firmware files or packages during the installation. +</para><para> + +If the &d-i; prompts for a firmware file and you do not have this firmware +file available or do not want to install a non-free firmware file on your +system, you can try to proceed without loading the firmware. There are +several cases where a driver prompts for additional firmware because it may +be needed under certain circumstances, but the device does work without it +on most systems (this e.g. happens with certain network cards using the tg3 +driver). + </para> </sect1> |