Firmware is always separate from kernel unless you build the firmware into the kernel image. Usually, you would only do this for kernel options that you decide to have built-in (i.e. CONFIG_DRM_I915=y) instead of as modules (=m) however distributions don't do this and instead build as modules. When building firmware into the kernel image, you still need to have the firmware installed separately, then after the image is built, you can discard the firmware files. Reasons you may want to do this is so you can have a high resolution kernel console available before the kernel is able to load modules (i.e. before udev is loaded but you want kernel modesetting) but if you're not a kernel hacker, really no need.
Probably too much info but now you know! Alec On Monday, October 24, 2022 at 10:43:52 PM UTC, Jon Elson <el...@pico-systems.com> wrote: On 10/24/22 15:28, Alec Ari via Emc-developers wrote: > Jon, > > You can actually grab the sid 6.0 kernel and drop it on Bullseye and perhaps > even Buster: > Yes, I actually did this on a Bullseye install. I also had to install the firmware files that didn't come in along with the new kernel for some reason. Now, the graphics all works! Jon _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
