Changeset 89bdbf8

Timestamp:

02/20/2019 12:07:32 AM (5 years ago)

Author:

Ken Moffat <ken@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, lxqt, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

451a2e4a

Parents:

198f0da2

Message:

Tweak the firmware page:
· Intel re-released the latest microcode with a sensible license, no other changes.
· I have a laptop that needs firmware both for the ethernet post AND for bluetooth to get wired ethernet working.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@21208 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• postlfs/config/firmware.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

postlfs/config/firmware.xml

@@ -66 +66 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>Firmware updates for wired network ports. Mostly they work even
-      without the updates, but one must assume that they will work better with
-      the updated firmware.</para>
+      without the updates, but probably they will work better with
+      the updated firmware. For some modern laptops, firmware for both
+      wired ethernet (e.g. rtl_nic) and also for bluetooth devices (e.g. qca)
+      is <emphasis>required</emphasis> before the wired network can be used.
+      </para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
@@ -134 +137 @@
      <para>The first step is to get the most recent version of the Intel
      microcode.  This must be done by navigating to 
-     <ulink url='https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/28039/Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-File'/>
+     <ulink url='https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/28087/Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-File'/>
      and following the instructions there.  As of this writing the most recent
      version of the microcode is <filename>microcode-20180807.tgz</filename>.