Re: [Astlinux-users] Hotplug firmware problem

[Darrick H. <dha...@dj...>]

Sebastian Auriol wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know if AstLinux will load firmware for hotplug usb devices and
> where it is looking for the firmware if it can / does?
>
> I initially copied the firmware into /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware and
> modprobe'd the device driver (kernel module) but I got this in the messages
> log:
> firmware unavailable (system misconfigured?)
>
> So I tried copying the firmware to /lib/firmware just in case it was looking
> there, but that didn't help.  Any ideas?
>   
What specific hardware are you trying to use?  Which kernel module?

> Many thanks,
>
> Sebastian
>
> P.S.  I am using AstLinux 0.4 branch from end of Jan.
>   
You might want to try a newer release.  The 0.4.5-RC1 images should have 
several improvements over anything from the end of January.

You can find those images here:  http://www.djhsolutions.com/astlinux

Darrick

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