On Thu, 13 Sep 2018 08:21:01 +0200 "W. Martin Borgert" <debacle@debian.org> wrote: > Package: firmware-nonfree > Version: 20180825+dfsg-1 > Severity: important > > (Important, because it has a major effect on the usability for > users of a specific hardware. Feel free to adjust.) > > When installing Debian on the GPD Pocket, not only non-free > firmware is needed for Wifi, but also the text file > brcmfmac4356-pcie.txt needs to be installed in > /lib/firmware/brcm/ which is fairly difficult: > > https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/GPD/Pocket#Installation > > Please add this file, so that mere mortals could install Debian > on this device. Thanks! Unfortunately this file is board-specific so we can't just ship a single version. Possibly we could provide multiple versions as alternatives, or make it (a symlink to) a conffile. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Nothing is ever a complete failure; it can always serve as a bad example.
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