Mikhail Morfikov wrote: > No, I'm using my own kernel and not the Debian's one, but I didn't have > to build the firmware into the kernel image before (in the case of the > old WiFi card and old laptop). Now after I moved in to the new laptop > I have to, and I don't know why. > > I just checked, and it looks like the usr/lib/firmware/ dir is included > in the stock Debian kernel's initrd image, but it's not in mine kernel's > initrd. That's weird because I generate the images via > *update-initramfs -u -k all* all the time. So why does one have this dir > included and the other not? I think when I find out what's going on here > I will solve this riddle. I bet something is missing in the kernel config.
Just check the configuration in /etc/initramfs-tools/ but yes, if you solve this, you will most probably not have to build the driver in the kernel regards
