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#1 2014-08-20 18:49:07
- jpgg
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Custom kernels and firmwares
For learning purposes, I would like to build and install a custom kernel WITHOUT using pacman. I want to make + make modules_install and copy the kernel manually in /boot. However, make modules_install would install files in /usr/lib/firmware which already exist on a normal Arch installation and are owned by the linux-firmware package (required by the linux package).
I found this old thread (2009) related to this, but there does not seem to be a clean solution.
There is also no mention of this in the wiki page Kernels/Compilation/Traditional
For those who prefer manually installing their custom kernels, how do you handle firmware files. Do you simply overwrite the files in /usr/lib/firmware? (At first sight, it seems like the firmware files installed by a custom kernel are a subset of those provided by the linux-firmware package, so this might not be a problem.)
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#2 2014-08-20 20:01:22
- tomk
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Re: Custom kernels and firmwares
Just remove the linux-firmware package. If it turns out that you need some of the extra files that it provides, just install those manually too.
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#3 2014-08-20 20:10:08
- jpgg
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Re: Custom kernels and firmwares
Just remove the linux-firmware package.
The linux package depends on linux-firmware and I want to keep the default arch kernel installed. Is it somehow possible to uninstall a package that is required by another?
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#4 2014-08-20 20:32:05
- tomk
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Re: Custom kernels and firmwares
It is, but IMO it would be better to create a custom linux-firmware package that no longer conflicts with the files that you want to install manually.
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#5 2014-08-21 02:21:44
- jasonwryan
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Re: Custom kernels and firmwares
At first sight, it seems like the firmware files installed by a custom kernel are a subset of those provided by the linux-firmware package, so this might not be a problem.
It isn't.
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