Author: ken
Date: Wed Mar 4 19:19:44 2015
New Revision: 15609
Log:
First attempt at allowing for firmware which is not built in to the kernel.
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/x/installing/x7driver-ati.xml
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml Wed Mar 4 14:39:39
2015 (r15608)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml Wed Mar 4 19:19:44
2015 (r15609)
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@
<para>March 4rd, 2015</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <para>[ken] - (radeon) firmware [ discussed in the ATI Xorg
+ driver ] does not have to be built in if CONFIGURE_DRM_RADEON is a
+ module.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>[bdubbs] - Archive unneeded agg library.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/x/installing/x7driver-ati.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/x/installing/x7driver-ati.xml Wed Mar 4 14:39:39 2015
(r15608)
+++ trunk/BOOK/x/installing/x7driver-ati.xml Wed Mar 4 19:19:44 2015
(r15609)
@@ -157,6 +157,15 @@
</para>
</tip>
+ <para>
+ Alternatively, if you change CONFIG_DRM_RADEON to '=m' in your .config
+ the firmware can be loaded automatically from /lib/firmware/radeon when
+ it installs the module. This offers a tiny space saving, but also means
+ that the screen will be blank for a longer time before the framebuffer
+ appears. Distros take this approach because it is not practical to
+ specify every possible firmware and the kernel would be excessively
big.
+ </para>
+
<indexterm zone="xorg-ati-driver xorg-ati-firmware-kernel">
<primary sortas="d-xorg-ati-firmware">xorg-ati-firmware</primary>
</indexterm>
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