git: d59d3d96c0 - main - 15.0/relnotes: add note about having to install wifi firmware upfront

"Bjoern A. Zeeb" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.cvs.doc
Message-ID <[email protected]>
The branch main has been updated by bz:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=d59d3d96c0abbf57609719b138a497d1cc2cffe4

commit d59d3d96c0abbf57609719b138a497d1cc2cffe4
Author:     Bjoern A. Zeeb <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: 2025-08-19 15:51:42 +0000
Commit:     Bjoern A. Zeeb <[email protected]>
CommitDate: 2025-08-19 19:06:52 +0000

    15.0/relnotes: add note about having to install wifi firmware upfront
    
    Sponsored by:   The FreeBSD Foundation
    GH:             https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues/33
    Reviewed by:    carlavilla, bofh
    Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D52024
---
 website/content/en/releases/15.0R/relnotes.adoc | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/website/content/en/releases/15.0R/relnotes.adoc b/website/content/en/releases/15.0R/relnotes.adoc
index d4c6675e05..d91e1fae8e 100644
--- a/website/content/en/releases/15.0R/relnotes.adoc
+++ b/website/content/en/releases/15.0R/relnotes.adoc
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ The LinuxKPI 802.11 comapt layer man:linuxkpi_wlan[4] gained support for the Gal
 
 The man:rtw88[4] driver was made to work (associate) again and a memory leak got resolved. (Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)
 
-Following other drivers man:iwlwififw[4] firmware was removed from the base system in favor of the ports based solution and man:fwget[8] support. (Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)
+Following other drivers man:iwlwififw[4] firmware was removed from the base system in favor of the ports based solution and man:fwget[8] support.  In case of updating from earlier releases, users must install the firmware packages upfront. (Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)
 
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