On Mon, Feb 16, 2026 at 11:48:03PM +0100, Antony Stone wrote:
> On Monday 16 February 2026 at 23:46:00, Ralph Ronnquist via Dng wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Feb 16, 2026 at 05:14:32PM -0500, Haines Brown via Dng wrote:
> > >
> > > No one has answered my question: why do I need to have regulataory.db
> > > and iwlwifi firmware installed in order to boot when on Ethernet?
> >
> > No you don't.
> >
> > However, if there is a wifi device on the system, then the kernel will
> > want to install its firmware and complain when that fails for some
> > reason.
>
> Agreed, however "complain" should mean that a few messages pass by in the
> kernel startup process, not that the machine entirely fails to boot up.
Yes. To assist Haines, we, as you said, do need to get clarity in
which boot is happening.
Ralph.
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>
> Antony.
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