Bug#575501: initramfs-tools: radeon.ko not included into initrd
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 01:04:40PM +0100, Bastian Blank wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:31:32PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote:
> > The second one has an
> > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M56GL [Mobility FireGL V5200]
> > and is not working properly. I understand that radeon.ko needs to be
> > in the initrd for early loading to work, and this doesn't happen, and
> > I am at a loss to explain why this doesn happen.
>
> Loading drivers which needs firmware this early is currently broken.
I see. So there is no KMS for radeon at this time?
Is there a bug report about that for reference?
> > For what it's worth, I didn't find any configuration that explicitly
> > causes the i915.ko to be included in the initramfs on the Intel
> > system,
>
> It is not included.
< /boot/inird.img-2.6.33-zgws1 gunzip | cpio -i leads to a directory
tree which includes a file lib/modules/*/i915.ko. This I clearly
remember.
Greetings
Marc
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