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wswartzendruber
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 Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 2:23 am Post subject: Placing Firmware in initrd |
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Is it possible to place firmware for kernel drivers inside initrd? How would I add it?
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yabbadabbadont
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| Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:23 am Post subject: |
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From /etc/genkernel.conf:
| Code: | # Enable copying of firmware into initramfs
# FIRMWARE="no"
# Specify directory to pull from
# FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware"
# Specify specific firmware files to include. This overrides FIRMWARE_DIR
# FIRMWARE_FILES=""
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So it looks like it can be done. |
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wswartzendruber
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| Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 6:06 am Post subject: |
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| yabbadabbadont wrote: | From /etc/genkernel.conf:
| Code: | # Enable copying of firmware into initramfs
# FIRMWARE="no"
# Specify directory to pull from
# FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware"
# Specify specific firmware files to include. This overrides FIRMWARE_DIR
# FIRMWARE_FILES=""
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So it looks like it can be done. |
Hmmm... That's genkernel. I wonder what lower-level command that conf file controls.
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genkernel.... 
You can use it to create only the initrd if you like. That is what I use it for with my custom kernel. |
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