Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firmware exists but fails to load

2011-08-15 Thread Adam Carter
Is the firmware path set correctly in the kernel config?  In Device Drivers-Generic Driver Options, set Firmware blobs root directory to /lib/firmware and build a new kernel. I have the same kernel config as my laptop which loads intel wifi firmware from /llib/firmware ok; # zgrep -i firmware

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firmware exists but fails to load

2011-08-15 Thread Andrea Conti
It's not a workaround, but how it's supposed to work. Loading from userspace means using a user-space program to load the firmware. This is not what you're trying to do, since you don't have such a program. ? Udev has been the standard way to service kernel firmware requests for quite some

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firmware exists but fails to load

2011-08-15 Thread Adam Carter
? Udev has been the standard way to service kernel firmware requests for quite some time. The relevant bit is in /lib/udev/rules.d/50-firmware.rules . Ok so that must be working on my laptop (automatically, i didn't configure anything) but failing on my desktop. However, udevd is only

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firmware exists but fails to load

2011-08-15 Thread victor romanchuk
? Udev has been the standard way to service kernel firmware requests for quite some time. The relevant bit is in /lib/udev/rules.d/50-firmware.rules . Ok so that must be working on my laptop (automatically, i didn't configure anything) but failing on my desktop. However, udevd is only