Bug#575501: initramfs-tools: radeon.ko not included into initrd
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:31:32PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote:
> I have two systems that are supposed to use KMS. One is working fine,
> having an i915 graphics chip. On this system, i915.ko is copied into
> the initramfs, and autoloaded if video=i915:modeset=1 is given on the
> kernel command line.
This is incorrect, loading the driver from the initramfs is not
supported. The module is loaded by udev later and KMS is enabled by the
xorg driver.
> 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.
> 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.
Bastian
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