Hello, Peter. On Tue, Aug 20, 2024 at 23:16:39 +0200, 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: > Boot with our GentooLiveCD (*) and ask: > "dmesg | grep firmware" I've done that, and see just three firmware files: regulatory.db regulatory.db.p7s rtl_nic/rtl8125b-2.fw .. The first, according to file, is a wireless regulatory database file. The second is some variant of this, I think a signed version or something. The third is surely firmware for my Realtek 8125 Ethernet chip. That's not yet got me very far. > You will see every loaded firmware file ... notice it and build it into your > kernel. ;-) Might it be that my installation environment is running under VGA (it's 37 lines to the screen) rather than on a framebuffer? These 37 lines would fit just nicely into an 800x600 screen assuming characters were 8x16 pixels. Maybe there's some parameter I could give the kernel at booting time to use a framebuffer. > *) It must be our GentooCD because we have a kernel patch for logging the > loading of firmware files. > Many Greetings, > Peter > P.S.: Maybe you know this already ? -> > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/User:Pietinger/Tutorials/ > Manual_kernel_configuration I'll go and have a look at that file, thanks! -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
