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| From: | Christopher Head <chead@×××××.ca> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-dev@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: RFC: install linux-firmware with kernel sources (was Re: [gentoo-dev] Lastrite: Firmware cleanup, part #1) | ||
| Date: | Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:40:02 | ||
| Message-Id: | 20130212113957.3a34976b@ritchie.cs.ubc.ca | ||
| In Reply to: | Re: RFC: install linux-firmware with kernel sources (was Re: [gentoo-dev] Lastrite: Firmware cleanup, part #1) by Alec Warner |
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| 1 | On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 14:49:03 -0800 |
| 2 | Alec Warner <antarus@g.o> wrote: |
| 3 | |
| 4 | > Most external firmware is not needed to boot. If you need it to boot, |
| 5 | > you will have to stow it in the initramfs. |
| 6 | |
| 7 | For those of us who prefer monolithic kernels, virtually all firmware |
| 8 | is needed to boot. Even if a network interface doesn't need to be |
| 9 | operational for boot, the kernel insists that the firmware be available |
| 10 | right at boot or else it will fail and the interface will never appear. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | Chris |
| Subject | Author |
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| [gentoo-dev] Re: RFC: install linux-firmware with kernel sources (was Re: Lastrite: Firmware cleanup, part #1) | Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> |
| Re: RFC: install linux-firmware with kernel sources (was Re: [gentoo-dev] Lastrite: Firmware cleanup, part #1) | "Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn" <chithanh@g.o> |