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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firmware exists but fails to load
From: Adam Carter <adamcarter3@gmail.com>
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> ? 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 started after the kernel is loaded, and therefore
> will only load firmware for drivers which are built as modules.

I tried compiling as a module, and it still failed. I'll go back and
verify I haven't made a mistake, then check firmware.rules.

Thanks again.