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[bug#58357] [Patch staging ] doc add a recommended system in 'Hardware C
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Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
[bug#58357] [Patch staging ] doc add a recommended system in 'Hardware Considerations' |
Date: |
Mon, 17 Oct 2022 18:35:00 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.1 (gnu/linux) |
Hi,
"pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de> skribis:
> Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>> This discussion and others we had at the Ten Years of Guix event makes
>> me think we should strive to avoid bad surprises by being more
>> explicit. Concretely, we could:
>>
>> • Under “Hardware Considerations”, list common devices known not to
>> work without non-free {firm,soft}ware, such as Intel Wifi (iwlwifi).
>> We cannot be exhaustive but we should at least mention common
>> problems with recent x86_64 laptops.
>
> My impression is that the dire wifi situation is explained well enough
> in Hardware Considerations already.
It is, but:
1. It’s not as prominent and explicit as it could be: it’s within a
paragraph (as opposed to a table), there’s no mention of iwlwifi,
etc.
2. The situation got worse in the meantime: see “Background” in
<https://blog.einval.com/2022/04/19>.
>> • Under “Hardware Considerations”, make the list of devices known to
>> work clearer, in tabular form, perhaps expanding it.
>
> There is a list of image types like novena and pine64.
By devices, I meant primarily WiFi devices, sound cards, etc. for the
more common x86_64 hardware.
Thanks,
Ludo’.