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From: Andrea Conti <alyf@alyf.net>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Firmware exists but fails to load
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> it does not actually matter how you configured the driver -- built-in kernel or
> as module: everytime when driver operates the device, it checks whether firmware
> is loaded.

Are you sure about that? AFAIK firmware loading is only attempted once,
when the driver is first initialized.

> functionality of /lib/udev/firmware is controlled by USE=extras.

That might have been the case at some point but now sys-fs/udev-164-r2
and sys-fs/udev-171-r1 both install the firmware-related stuff (rules
and helper) even with USE=-extras

andrea