Hello Maurice!   
      
   05 Apr 2018 21:02, Maurice Kinal wrote to Benny Pedersen:   
      
    MK> Yes I have tried it back with the 4.15.x kernels which is when they    
    MK> stopped supplying it with the regular kernel source.   
      
    MK> ----- ':read !uname -a' starts   
    MK> Linux mikey 4.16.0 #2 SMP Tue Apr 3 23:36:08 UTC 2018 x86_64 Intel(R)    
    MK> Atom(TM) CPU C2758 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux   
    MK> ----- ':read !uname -a' ends   
      
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   Linux themultixpoint 4.16.0-gentoo #2 SMP Thu Apr 5 23:25:04 CEST 2018 i686   
   Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.60GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux   
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    MK> All 8 penguins are properly displayed at bootup with the builtin -    
    MK> could be modular - AST2400 driver.  However still having issues    
    MK> building a kernel with the soon to be released gcc-8 compiler but    
    MK> gcc-7.3.0 works just fine which is still the default compiler here as    
    MK> we speak.   
      
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   [I] sys-devel/gcc   
        Available versions:     
        (2.95.3) [M]~2.95.3-r10^s   
        (3.3.6) [M]~3.3.6-r1^s   
        (3.4.6) [M]3.4.6-r2^s   
        (4.0.4) [M]**4.0.4^s   
        (4.1.2) [M]4.1.2^s   
        (4.2.4) [M]~4.2.4-r1^s   
        (4.3.6) [M]4.3.6-r1^s   
        (4.4.7) [M]4.4.7^s   
        (4.5.4) [M]4.5.4^s   
        (4.6.4) [M]4.6.4^s   
        (4.7.4) [M]4.7.4-r1^s   
        (4.8.5) [M]4.8.5-r1^s   
        (4.9.4) [M]4.9.4^s   
        (5.4.0) [M]5.4.0-r4^s   
        (6.4.0) 6.4.0^s 6.4.0-r1^s   
        (7.2.0) ~7.2.0^s ~7.2.0-r1^s   
        (7.3.0) ~7.3.0^s **7.3.0-r1^s   
          {altivec awt boundschecking cilk +cxx d debug doc fixed-point +fortran   
   gcj go graphite hardened jit libssp mpx mudflap multilib +nls nopie nossp   
   +nptl objc objc++ objc-gc +openmp +pch pgo +pie regression-test +sanitize +ssp   
   vanilla +vtv}   
        Installed versions:  6.4.0-r1(6.4.0)^s(01:17:40 28-03-2018)(cxx nptl   
   openmp pch pie sanitize ssp vtv -altivec -awt -cilk -debug -doc -fixed-point   
   -fortran -gcj -go -graphite -hardened -jit -libssp -mpx -multilib -nls -objc   
   -objc++ -objc-gc -pgo -regression-test -vanilla)   
        Homepage:            https://gcc.gnu.org/   
        Description:         The GNU Compiler Collection   
      
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   only 6.4.0 here on gentoo is stable   
      
   i dont know why older kernels stopped building firmware when 4.16 works for   
   me, good its solved    
      
    BP>> sadly cant build firmware anymore in the kernel, seems it needs   
    BP>> to be external build now   
      
    MK> Just as well since there were some of the firmware I needed with the    
    MK> external source that wasn't provided with the regular source anyhow.     
    MK> This way most, if indeed not all, firmware can be found in the    
    MK> external source.  In my particular situation I can find all that I    
    MK> require in the external source which I needed before so it's not    
    MK> really a big deal.   
      
   yep, building external firmware is not easy on gentoo, it need to clena   
   userland firmware files, and disable in kernel firmware, then build in   
   userland firmware and hope it works on new kernels :)   
      
   have it build in kernel makes sure its tested and works with the kernel version   
      
      
    Regards Benny   
      
   ... there can only be one way of life, and it works :)   
      
   --- Msged/LNX 6.2.0 (Linux/4.16.0-gentoo (i686))   
    * Origin: I will always keep a PC running CPM 3.0 (2:230/0)