From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 501ED15852A for ; Thu, 22 Aug 2024 23:22:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 526B32BC02B; Thu, 22 Aug 2024 23:22:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost01a.ixn.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost01a.ixn.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.20]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (prime256v1) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 127BB2BC013 for ; Thu, 22 Aug 2024 23:22:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.69.80.10] (helo=cube.localnet) by smarthost01a.ixn.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.95) (envelope-from ) id 1shH81-00ACan-5n for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 22 Aug 2024 23:22:05 +0000 From: Peter Humphrey To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Do I need firmware for an integrated graphics unit? Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 00:22:05 +0100 Message-ID: <5824345.DvuYhMxLoT@cube> In-Reply-To: References: <4591468.LvFx2qVVIh@rogueboard> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Originating-smarthost01a-IP: [82.69.80.10] Feedback-ID: 82.69.80.10 X-Archives-Salt: 670a47c5-9a4e-4722-9f25-215643b697c0 X-Archives-Hash: 6a2f20fd2c4067cbdf753aa099d60d29 On Thursday, 22 August 2024 17:37:22 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote: > It all seems to be working now, thanks! You'd think that, software being nothing but 0s an 1s, not a trace of anything in between or outside, and given stable hardware to keep it that way, there would be not the faintest chance of any difference between one run and the next. Why, then, do things persist in going 'bump' in the night? -- Regards, Peter.