Control: tag -1 unreproducible On Thu, 2018-08-16 at 22:26 +0900, K.Ohta wrote: > Package: linux-image-4.17.0-1-amd64 > Additional information: > > I found below issue with recent Debian's official kernel package: > > When building initramfs, for Debian's recent official kernel package > located firmwares to /usr/lib/firmware and symlink /usr/lib to /lib. > But, kernel wants to read firmwares from /lib , *and initial phase of > kernel (maybe vmlinuz) don't understand symlink*.
The firmware loader doesn't have a problem with symlinks.
> So, amdgpu kernel module fails to read firmwares.
I can't reproduce the problem here (using a Radeon RX550 card).
> But,with homebrew kernel package (from vanilla and did "make deb-pkg"),
> building initramfs, firmwares are located /lib/firmware directly.
Whether you install an official Debian kernel package or a custom
package built with make deb-pkg, initramfs-tools (by default) builds
the initramfs for it. And it makes /usr/lib a symlink now.
> I strange to understand why /lib/firmware moved to /usr/lib/firmware :-(
> PLEASE FIX ASAP.
This change is mentioned in the initramfs-tools changelog:
* [71f5d61] mkinitramfs: Create usr-merged filesystem layout
(Closes: #874523)
and you can read that bug report yourself.
Ben.
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