On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 14:49:03 -0800 Alec Warner <anta...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Most external firmware is not needed to boot. If you need it to boot, > you will have to stow it in the initramfs. For those of us who prefer monolithic kernels, virtually all firmware is needed to boot. Even if a network interface doesn't need to be operational for boot, the kernel insists that the firmware be available right at boot or else it will fail and the interface will never appear. Chris
