Fix the WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module on Arch Linux
Sources:
- https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Mkinitcpio#Possibly_missing_firmware_for_module_XXXX
- https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/warning-about-missing-new-firmware-modules/23052/3
- https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/modules-missing-aic94xx-and-wd719x/2423/12
==> Starting build: '6.9.5-arch1-1'
-> Running build hook: [base]
-> Running build hook: [udev]
-> Running build hook: [modconf]
-> Running build hook: [kms]
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'ast'
-> Running build hook: [keyboard]
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'xhci_pci'
-> Running build hook: [keymap]
-> Running build hook: [consolefont]
-> Running build hook: [block]
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'aic94xx'
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'bfa'
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qed'
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qla1280'
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qla2xxx'
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'wd719x'
-> Running build hook: [encrypt]
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qat_420xx'
-> Running build hook: [filesystems]
-> Running build hook: [fsck]
To fix this warning, you need to install the linux-firmware-qlogic
package:
Install the linux-firmware-qlogic
package
sudo pacman -S linux-firmware-qlogic
It will get rid of the following warnings:
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qed'
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qla1280'
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qla2xxx'
Install the xhci_pci firmware
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/upd72020x-fw.git
cd upd72020x-fw
makepkg -si
It will get rid of the following warning:
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'xhci_pci'
Install the aic94xx
firmware
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/aic94xx-firmware.git
cd aic94xx-firmware
makepkg -si
It will get rid of the following warning:
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'aic94xx'
Install the wd719x
firmware
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/wd719x-firmware.git
cd wd719x-firmware
makepkg -si
It will get rid of the following warning:
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'wd719x'
Install the ast
firmware
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/ast-firmware.git
cd ast-firmware
makepkg -si
It will get rid of the following warning:
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'ast'
About the qat_420xx
firmware
The only remaining warning is for the qat_420xx
firmware. This firmware is not available in the Arch Linux repositories. You can ignore this warning as it is not required for most systems.