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From:   Zeno Davatz <zdavatz@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 3 Apr 2020 21:24:17 +0200
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Subject: Re: acr: failed to load firmware with Kernel 5.6. Kernel 5.5 works
 just fine.
To:     Ilia Mirkin <imirkin@alum.mit.edu>
Cc:     Ben Skeggs <bskeggs@redhat.com>,
        "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
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On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 8:31 PM Ilia Mirkin <imirkin@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> Depends on distro specifics. Also the firmware has to be available at
> the time that nouveau loads. The corollary to this is:
>
> If it's built into the kernel, then the firmware must also be included
> in the kernel (since this happens before any FS stuff)
> If it's loaded as a module from initrd, then initrd must contain the firmware
>
> If you need help including firmware in the right place, a distro
> support channel is probably your best shot.

Ok, thank you. So far no luck on the end.

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Linux_firmware

Please let me know if the fallback version comes back to life.

best
Zeno