Hello, Wol. On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 11:32:18 +0100, Wol wrote: > On 20/08/2024 22:16, Peter Böhm wrote: > > Hello Alan,
> >> Anyhow, I'm up to the stage of configuring the kernel, and I'm stuck at > >> the bit where I need to specify the firmware to be incorporated into the > >> kernel for the integrated graphics processor. > > Yes, you surely will need some firmware files for your GPU of your AMD CPU. > > The > > easiest way to find out what you need is: > The other thing I'll throw in is do you actually want to load the > firmware into the kernel? Yes, I do. > Or do you want to build the video driver as a module, and let it > choose what it wants. I've never built a modular kernel in my life. Such is a workaround for binary distributions, which couldn't otherwise include drivers for all the possible bits of hardware in users' machines. > I had great grief trying to build the correct firmware into the kernel, > gave up and went down the module route (no I don't like having drivers > for base hardware as modules), and the relief when it "just worked". We'll see how I get on. :-) > So think about that ... Thanks! > Cheers, > Wol -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
