Update firmware packages from bookworm-backports on Debian 12 #184
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@marmarek, firmware-iwlwifi from testing is a far better fit, imo. firmware-iwlwifi from bookworm-backports is five months older and anecdotally I couldn't get it to work with my BE200 card (which NovaCustom also sells). Judging by the forum others have had problems with it too. https://forum.qubes-os.org/t/intel-wi-fi-7-be200-working/24017 |
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AFAIK the "proper" Debian way of bringing packages from testing to stable is via backports, otherwise it isn't really safe to mix packages from testing and stable. While in this particular case it may work today, there isn't really guarantee it wouldn't break some other day (for example package in testing pulling some other dependencies from testing, that would break stable). |
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Firmware packages in standard Debian repo are too old for recent kernels, and recent hardware in general. This affects all kernel-latest versions, but also soon-to-be-default kernel-6.12. This is at least necessary to support wifi network in NovaCustom laptops, but other modern systems need that too. Fresh template builds have firmware from bookworm-backports already selected, but do that for older versions too. Thanks @aronowski for the hint on apt properties. Fixes QubesOS/qubes-issues#9815
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Firmware packages in standard Debian repo are too old for recent
kernels, and recent hardware in general. This affects all kernel-latest
versions, but also soon-to-be-default kernel-6.12. This is at least
necessary to support wifi network in NovaCustom laptops, but other
modern systems need that too.
Fresh template builds have firmware from bookworm-backports already
selected, but do that for older versions too.
Thanks @aronowski for the hint on apt properties.
Fixes QubesOS/qubes-issues#9815