-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In <4b30e4ee.7010...@physik.blm.tu-muenchen.de>, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: >> They are not supported by the "Debian installer kernel". >> They have to be installed *seperately*. > > This is neither true, nor desired. Any module meeting the kernel ABI is > supported by the kernel. Debian currently also distributes non-free > firmware, > which could be considered part of the driver, that can be loaded by the > "Debian installer kernel" even if they are not part of the Debian OS and do > not receive the same level of support. > > The proprietary video drivers for NVidia cards are supported by the Debian > kernel and distributed by Debian, but they are not part of the Debian OS nor > do they receive the same level of (human) support.
Thanks for pointing that out. I meant to write "included" instead of "supported" with respect to the kernel of the Debian installer. Sorry for causing any confusion. - -- Johannes Three nations have not officially adopted the International System of Units as their primary or sole system of measurement: Burma, Liberia, and the United States. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si_units -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAksyKwkACgkQC1NzPRl9qEUBgQCfXek4/Pz5TUzpohUK2MAErQsn VNwAn2HCLg8iiWSDEwt8UyuovyPfNpoQ =P794 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
