Bug#805151: [PATCH] Install GPU firmware

From	Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#805151: [PATCH] Install GPU firmware
Date	2015-11-15 22:20 +0100
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On Sun, 2015-11-15 at 21:46 +0100, Michael Stapelberg wrote:
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> 
> 
> On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 7:40 PM, Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
> wrote:
> > On Sun, 2015-11-15 at 14:45 +0100, Michael Stapelberg wrote:
> > > So, if I understand correctly, the drm driver is initialized when
> > the
> > > initramfs runs,
> > [...]
> > 
> > How is that going to happen if it's not in the initramfs?
> Hm. I must be mixing up symptoms, I think. I’ll double-check when I
> get a chance to reboot.
> 
> Would it not in any case be good to have the drm driver + firmware in
> the initramfs to initialize displays with their correct resolution in
> early boot already?

In a standard Debian system, the purpose of the initramfs is to mount
the filesystem(s) needed by the real init system, and to provide
facilities to recover the system in case that fails.

Any 'good to have' features beyond that can be done by hook scripts in
another package (such as plymouth, which adds DRM drivers if you
configure it to use graphics).

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
                                                           - Albert Einstein

Thread

Bug#805151: [PATCH] Install GPU firmware Michael Stapelberg <stapelberg@debian.org> - 2015-11-15 12:00 +0100
  Processed: Re: Bug#805151: [PATCH] Install GPU firmware owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System) - 2015-11-15 13:00 +0100
  Bug#805151: [PATCH] Install GPU firmware Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2015-11-15 13:00 +0100
    Bug#805151: [PATCH] Install GPU firmware Michael Stapelberg <stapelberg@debian.org> - 2015-11-15 13:10 +0100
      Bug#805151: [PATCH] Install GPU firmware Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2015-11-15 14:40 +0100
        Bug#805151: [PATCH] Install GPU firmware Michael Stapelberg <stapelberg@debian.org> - 2015-11-15 14:50 +0100
          Bug#805151: [PATCH] Install GPU firmware Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2015-11-15 19:50 +0100
            Bug#805151: [PATCH] Install GPU firmware Michael Stapelberg <stapelberg@debian.org> - 2015-11-15 21:50 +0100
              Bug#805151: [PATCH] Install GPU firmware Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2015-11-15 22:20 +0100
  Bug#805151: marked as done ([PATCH] Install GPU firmware) owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System) - 2016-01-19 04:00 +0100

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