Also, FWIW, all firmware is being moved out of the kernel and into the Linux firmware tree:
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Originally posted by agd5f View PostSee "Troubleshooting Extra Firmware" section on:
http://wiki.x.org/wiki/radeonBuildHowTo
It's working now.
Also, FWIW, all firmware is being moved out of the kernel and into the Linux firmware tree:
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/lib/firmware *should* be available after the root filesystem is mounted as long as /lib is not on another device.
If you use an initrd then shouldn't the necessary f/w should then be included within it so that its loaded as soon as you boot rather than waiting for filesystems to be mounted?
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For some reason it does not work.
I have just now migrated from the setup I described in my earlier comment. I now compiled the radeon module into the kernel and it really couldn't find the firmware. I had to compile it into the kernel image as already described by other posters (I just came to the same solution as they did). I don't know why. /lib/firmware is on the root device.
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Originally posted by aceman View PostFor some reason it does not work.
I have just now migrated from the setup I described in my earlier comment. I now compiled the radeon module into the kernel and it really couldn't find the firmware. I had to compile it into the kernel image as already described by other posters (I just came to the same solution as they did). I don't know why. /lib/firmware is on the root device.
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Originally posted by curaga View PostGiven the recent delayed driver init work, would it be possible to delay the firmware request until the root fs is mounted?
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