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 CB1DC15852A for ; Wed, 21 Aug 2024 11:15:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D19EFE2A5C; Wed, 21 Aug 2024 11:15:24 +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 24785E2A57 for ; Wed, 21 Aug 2024 11:15:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 43426 invoked by uid 3782); 21 Aug 2024 13:15:22 +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 13:15:22 +0200 Received: (qmail 5468 invoked by uid 1000); 21 Aug 2024 11:15:22 -0000 Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 11:15:22 +0000 To: Peter =?iso-8859-1?Q?B=F6hm?= Cc: 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: <4943397.31r3eYUQgx@sun> X-Submission-Agent: TMDA/1.3.x (Ph3nix) From: Alan Mackenzie X-Primary-Address: acm@muc.de X-Archives-Salt: 56b56daa-16e7-4a90-a4a7-7af6c9ce3592 X-Archives-Hash: a5020859ae93ffed872b44e52242d436 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).