On Wednesday, 20 December 2017 16:03:02 GMT Mike Gilbert wrote: > On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 9:26 AM, Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > You are quite right, there is no firmware_install in the 4.14.7 release. > > What does this mean? How are we meant to install firmware now? > > I believe all firmware has been removed from the kernel sources. > > You should install sys-kernel/linux-firmware, or grab just the files > you need from the git repo. > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git Thank you all, but I see to have a mental disconnect here: I already have sys-kernel/linux-firmware-20170314 installed. I have specified in the kernel which blobs I need and /lib/firmware/ as the path for the kernel to find any firmware it may need. I used to run make firmware_install and the kernel was able to load whatever firmware I had specified so that CPU/GPU can function properly at boot time. With 4.14.7 I (can) no longer do this; AND the newly compiled kernel does not load at boot time any of the needed firmware. What step am I missing to arrive at a bootable kernel with all necessary firmware? -- Regards, Mick
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