#641343 [xserver-xorg-video-radeon] Please revise firmware suggestion

Package:
xserver-xorg-video-radeon
Source:
xserver-xorg-video-ati
Description:
X.Org X server -- AMD/ATI Radeon display driver
Submitter:
Filipus Klutiero
Date:
2011-09-12 18:27:04 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#641343#5
Date:
2011-09-12 18:21:56 UTC
From:
To:
On a note related to #576229, it would be nice to clarify the suggestion
of firmware on two points:
1. The current suggestion is on firmware-linux, which is a metapackage
depending on firmware-linux-free and firmware-linux-nonfree. I can't see
how firmware-linux-free would help radeon, so it would be clearer to
suggest firmware-linux-nonfree directly.
2. There is no explanation of how the firmware improves radeon. It would
be nice to add an explanation to the extended description.
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
990 testing security.debian.org
990 testing ftp.ca.debian.org
500 unstable ftp.ca.debian.org
1 experimental ftp.ca.debian.org
--- Package information. ---
Depends (Version) | Installed
=======================================-+-==================
libc6 (>= 2.7) | 2.13-18
libdrm-radeon1 (>= 2.4.17) | 2.4.26-1
libdrm2 (>= 2.4.25) | 2.4.26-1
libpciaccess0 (>= 0.10.2) | 0.12.1-1
libpixman-1-0 | 0.22.2-1
libudev0 (>= 146) | 172-1
xorg-video-abi-10 |
xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.9.99.903) | 2:1.10.4-1


Package's Recommends field is empty.

Suggests (Version) | Installed
=============================-+-===========
firmware-linux |