On 06/03/2020 16:49, deloptes wrote: > I think if the intel driver is not compiled in the kernel, you do not > have to compile the firmware. > > So what you are actually saying, that when you have the stock kernel > and load the intel driver, it does not pick up the firmware? > > Can you confirm this? No, I'm using my own kernel and not the Debian's one, but I didn't have to build the firmware into the kernel image before (in the case of the old WiFi card and old laptop). Now after I moved in to the new laptop I have to, and I don't know why. I just checked, and it looks like the usr/lib/firmware/ dir is included in the stock Debian kernel's initrd image, but it's not in mine kernel's initrd. That's weird because I generate the images via *update-initramfs -u -k all* all the time. So why does one have this dir included and the other not? I think when I find out what's going on here I will solve this riddle. I bet something is missing in the kernel config.
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