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From: Daniel Pielmeier <billie@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Firmware loading problem
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 07:51:29
Message-Id: AANLkTinbxa1edCEKQx30QNzm7cFRqZ3LgX39jpneY06J@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Firmware loading problem by meino.cramer@gmx.de
1 2011/1/17 <meino.cramer@×××.de>:
2 > I am running a vanilla linux kernel version 2.6.37 .
3 >
4 > Furthermore in
5 >
6 >    /lib/firmware
7 >
8 > there is a folder called
9 >
10 >    av7110
11 >
12 > which I think contains the firmware for that card.
13
14 I don't think this card needs a firmware. You just enabled to much dvb
15 related stuff in your kernel configuration which results in the
16 creation of this folder. I need the av7110 stuff here for my FF DVB-S
17 card.
18
19 What problem do you have with this card, normally dmesg should spit
20 something out if there is firmware missing.
21
22 > I read, that I need "hotplug" to load this firmware while booting.
23 >
24 > I did a
25 >
26 >    emerge hotplug
27 >
28 > which runs fine but gave me warning that I should emerge coldplug.
29 >
30 > Ok, so I did an additional
31 >
32 >    emerge coldplug
33 >
34 > which fails with
35 >
36 >    solfire:/home/mccramer>sudo emerge coldplug
37 >    Calculating dependencies... done!
38 >    [ebuild  N    ] sys-apps/coldplug-20040920-r1
39 >    [blocks B     ] sys-apps/coldplug ("sys-apps/coldplug" is blocking sys-fs/udev-151-r4)
40 >    [blocks B     ] >=sys-fs/udev-089 (">=sys-fs/udev-089" is blocking sys-apps/coldplug-20040920-r1)
41 >
42 >    * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
43 >    * installed at the same time on the same system.
44 >
45 >    (sys-apps/coldplug-20040920-r1, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by
46 >        coldplug
47 >
48 >
49 > If I understand this correctly, I have to downgrade udev from udev-151
50 > down to udev-089 to be able to install coldplug.
51 >
52 > Is this really needed? How can I install the firmware?
53
54 I think the functionality from hot- and coldplug is now provided by
55 udev thus the blocker.
56
57 --
58 Daniel Pielmeier

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