linux-kernel - 2.6.33 fails to find cpu firmware

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Date:	Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:28:12 -0500
From:	Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@...izon.net>
To:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: 2.6.33 fails to find cpu firmware

Greetings a;;

2.6.33-rc2 isn't terribly stable here, but the first problem is .6 seconds 
into the boot, it hangs for 1 minute waiting on the amd cpu firmware, which I 
don't believe it ever finds, it just times out and goes on.  This machine 
runs fairly well without that even for a cold boot.

I assume this is because the root filesystem with /lib/firmware is not yet 
available, and that if this file was supplied in the initrd file, this would 
go away.

I've studied the manpage for mkinitrd, but the precise option to do this 
preload escapes me.

Suggested syntax please if this is in fact a fix for this.

Thanks.

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