Hello, Am Sa., 20. Juni 2020 um 14:09 Uhr schrieb Richard Lewis <richard.lewis.deb...@googlemail.com>: > > I also have these messages but I think they are likely false > positives. There seems to be a lot of possibly misleading information > and advice on the internet about these warnings -- would love to her > your advice on this, but i think these are mostly false positives > > * am i right in suspecting that these messages are often false positives?
The kernel modules arelooked at and list all firmware blobs they might request. > * why is firmware for processors not present is being warned about? To be able to create 100% complete systems? Not sure... > * is there a way to suppress some of these warnings? (perhaps a > user-defined filter?) > * how do i tell which firmware my processor actually needs? I am using "dmesg | grep -i firmware" to check what firmware in a running system is actually loaded into the kernel. > > The longest and most plausible source i have found is [1] but it seems > to miss the point that there is no point installing firmware for a > skylake processor if you don't have one. It also recommends > downloading non-free blobs from intel which may not be the best > solution > > [1]: > https://askubuntu.com/questions/832524/possible-missing-frmware-lib-firmware-i915 > best regards, Floriian La Roche
