Bug#433568: support for detecting missing firmware for vlan support

2016-06-27 Thread Holger Levsen
On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 02:05:53PM +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote: > I've never heard of that situation before. I think you have: PEBKAC :) the server is located in a loud+dusty+dark room, has 4 ethernet devices and it seems I mixed them up… > Which hardware is this? > Where is the need for

Bug#433568: support for detecting missing firmware for vlan support

2016-06-27 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Mon, 2016-06-27 at 11:54 +, Holger Levsen wrote: > Hi, > > I've installed Debian jessie in a setup yesterday, where I needed to use > vlan, so I was very happy when I saw that this bug has a patch. > > However, the network card I used works nicely for configurations without > vlans

Bug#433568: support for detecting missing firmware for vlan support

2016-06-27 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, I've installed Debian jessie in a setup yesterday, where I needed to use vlan, so I was very happy when I saw that this bug has a patch. However, the network card I used works nicely for configurations without vlans without loading additional firmware, while it needs a non free firmware to