The kernel dev describes late loading as "just lottery and broken".
From Linux 5.19 it will produce a warning and taint the kernel. And, we
can simply compare the microcode version number to know if there is an
update so there is no reason to use late loading at all.
Update the example for Intel microcode by the way.
Bruce noticed this was not explicity covered, my skim-reading
had noticed the details for ATI video chips without spotting that
was only for radeon.
In both the amdgpu and radeon xorg drivers, clarify that firmware
might have been provided in a modular build in /lib/firmware.
In particular, CPU microcode now that the affected AMD processors
can be identified. For both Intel and AMD determine the hex triplet.
Also, rework the Nvidia details to reflect the current situation.
Update to fetchmail-6.4.27.
Rewording about the examples in Intel microcode, they are old and
that machine now runs version 0xec (although I guess they will soon
stop providing newer updates for Skylake) and of course the kernel
versions are way out of date.
There was some consistency issues in URLs to LFS. For example, in
systemd revision the URL to LFS "General Network Configuration" points
to the sysv book, this can be really troubling to new readers.
Instead of fixing them one by one, merge conditional XML developed by
Pierre from LFS.
I know it is somewhat useless, but I don't like them for
two reasons: first they cannot be seen, and I do not like things I
cannot see. Second, git highlights them, and this is disturbing...
1. Intel (CPU) microcode - update the details for Skylake in the light
of the later release.
2. Video firmware - I had overlooked that Nvidia provided signed
firmware to linux-firmware in January and February for Turing GPUs
and that it is only needed for hardware acceleration so not
essential for working KMS. For completeness, also mention the
problematic Intel iGPU firmware for Skylake and later.
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Fix a bug in mkinitramfs, leading to a "cp" error
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Begin update of bootscript headers. Partial fix for #12010
Remove unneeded elogind and mountcgroupfs bootscripts
Update to blfs-bootscripts-20190902
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· Intel re-released the latest microcode with a sensible license, no other changes.
· I have a laptop that needs firmware both for the ethernet post AND for bluetooth to get wired ethernet working.
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Update to autofs-5.1.5.
Update to node.js-10.14.1.
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