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) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 65C64158066 for ; Wed, 21 Aug 2024 10:59:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1B295E2A0D; Wed, 21 Aug 2024 10:59:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.muc.de (mail.muc.de [193.149.48.3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4579CE29F3 for ; Wed, 21 Aug 2024 10:59:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 24091 invoked by uid 3782); 21 Aug 2024 12:59:05 +0200 Received: from muc.de (pd953a387.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [217.83.163.135]) (using STARTTLS) by colin.muc.de (tmda-ofmipd) with ESMTP; Wed, 21 Aug 2024 12:59:05 +0200 Received: (qmail 5413 invoked by uid 1000); 21 Aug 2024 10:59:04 -0000 Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 10:59:04 +0000 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Do I need firmware for an integrated graphics unit? Message-ID: References: <4943397.31r3eYUQgx@sun> 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-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: X-Submission-Agent: TMDA/1.3.x (Ph3nix) From: Alan Mackenzie X-Primary-Address: acm@muc.de X-Archives-Salt: f8d33dff-75c9-4559-896c-5b8350599c4b X-Archives-Hash: 4f4fdec0c6a3d371b01b29d1cf5a837d 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).