On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Ken Moffat <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 08:38:49PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > > > > The delay of 60 seconds suggests that firmware is NOT being loaded > > (it is a timeout). I'm not up to speed with udev (systemd) changes > > re userspace firmware loaders - I know there was a change in 3.16-rc > > where the new option was enabled, but the help text implied it > > should not be used on a recent system (and in fact for me it did not > > make any difference) - but perhaps changing your setting of > > CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER might make a difference. [ At the > > moment I'm on my intel, which does not use firmware, so I am not > > sure whether setting =y or not setting this worked on my radeons in > > 3.14 ]. > > Re that paragraph: please note that I build my firmware into the > kernel (i.e. copy it to /lib/firmware when I build the system, then > set up my .config for that). That is regarded as non-optimal (the > firmware is stored in kernel memory, which is not swappable, and > therefore that memory cannot be reused once the firmware has been > loaded), but it does seem to work comparatively reliably. Depends > how much memory you have, of course, but also how much firmware you > need, which is why distros will not want to do it (they typically > have all possible firmware available, and loaded as-needed). > > ĸen > -- > Nanny Ogg usually went to bed early. After all, she was an old lady. > Sometimes she went to bed as early as 6 a.m. > -- > http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > Ken, Right before the 60 second delay I get a error regarding "firmware direct load failed with error code -2". Could this be why my penguins aren't showing up? And for the penguins, do I have to enable the ATI Radeon option in the Framebuffer drivers and/or Generic VESA Framebuffer driver? Douglas R. Reno
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