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| author | Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site> | 2024-11-14 11:43:10 +0800 |
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| committer | Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site> | 2024-11-14 13:07:07 +0800 |
| commit | a6448d0f4c088816c42a14a74a16d1be3f6ba767 (patch) | |
| tree | ac5e8a762d2e03856b681bb8385148af221bea8d | |
| parent | 439fc66d60d336ce1bf3d72a0f813f0ea9ffb9e4 (diff) | |
firmware: Note the symlinks in the "WHENCE" file
| -rw-r--r-- | postlfs/config/firmware.xml | 23 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/postlfs/config/firmware.xml b/postlfs/config/firmware.xml index 05a8ecd3e2..7d6f598ce7 100644 --- a/postlfs/config/firmware.xml +++ b/postlfs/config/firmware.xml @@ -42,6 +42,25 @@ <literal>Tag</literal> table. </para> + <important> + <para> + <anchor id='linux-firmware-symlink' + xreflabel='create the symlink and download its target'/> + Note that some required firmware files (and directories) are actually + symlinks to other files (or directories). Those symlinks are not + stored in the Git repository, instead they are documented in the + <filename>WHENCE</filename> file. Each line beginning with + <literal>Link:</literal> describes a symlink. If you are downloading + an item you need and it's such a symlink (or in a directory which is + such a symlink), you need to create the symlink manually and download + the target. On the other hand, if you want all the firmware files, + use the <command>./copy-firmware.sh /usr/lib/firmware</command> + command which will copy the firmware files and create all the + symlinks in the <filename>WHENCE</filename> file, instead of a plain + copy command like <command>cp -r * /usr/lib/firmware/</command>. + </para> + </important> + <para> For some other firmware, particularly for Intel microcode and certain wifi devices, the needed firmware is not available in the above repository. @@ -580,6 +599,10 @@ cp -v <YOUR_BLOBS> /lib/firmware/amdgpu</userinput></screen> <filename class="directory">nvidia/</filename> directory of linux-firmware, copy it to <filename class="directory">/lib/firmware/nouveau</filename>. + Note that the required firmware file may be a symlink + (for example, the GSP firmware for RTX 4060 is just a symlink to the + GSP firmware directory for RTX 4090) and you'll need to + <xref linkend='linux-firmware-symlink'/>. </para> <para> If the firmware has not been made available in linux-firmware, |