Xhci_pci Warning while building initramfs

[El_Brujo]

Hi @philm @oberon

Do you know by any chance the reason behind this change on the kernels? See below:

[pkg-upd] 5.13.6-1 (cbc57124) · Commits · Packages / Core / linux513

[pkg-upd] 5.10.54-1 (6a7e4f8b) · Commits · Packages / Core / linux510

Apparently that’s causing the warnings reported in the unstable announcement thread. It seems to be harmless to me though …

[Unstable Update] 2021-05-28 - Kernels, Perl, Cinnamon 5.0, Haskell, Tesseract, Cutefish

While update of ... Package (8) Old Version New Version Net Change Download Size core/linux514 5.14.rc2.d0718.g2734d6c-1 5.14.rc3.d0725.gff11764-1 0.02 MiB 96.45 MiB ... I got the new warning I never saw before: ... -> Running build hook: [modconf] -> Running build hook: [block] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: xhci_pci -> Running build hook: [keyboard] ...

Full log of the update

... :: Synchronising p…

[Unstable Update] 2021-05-28 - Kernels, Perl, Cinnamon 5.0, Haskell, Tesseract, Cutefish

Same behaviour with latest 5.13 and 5.10. Sorry, can’t post further info. I’m on mobile right now.

Your insights are highly appreciated. Thanks!

[steanne]

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1925250#p1925250

(which doesn’t explain why, i know)

[alven]

I have

$ mhwd-kernel -li
Currently running: 5.14.0-1-MANJARO (linux514)
The following kernels are installed in your system:
   * linux514
$

$ pacman -Qi linux514
Name            : linux514
Version         : 5.14.rc4.d0805.g902e7f3-1
Description     : The Linux514 kernel and modules
Architecture    : x86_64
...

$ pacman -Qi linux-firmware 
Name            : linux-firmware
Version         : 20210719.r1990.168452e-1
Description     : Firmware files for Linux (Manjaro Overlay Package)
Architecture    : any
...

and right before the package installation I tried:

$ sudo mkinitcpio -P
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux514.preset: 'default'
  -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-5.14-x86_64 -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-5.14-x86_64.img
==> Starting build: 5.14.0-1-MANJARO
  -> Running build hook: [base]
  -> Running build hook: [udev]
  -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
  -> Running build hook: [modconf]
  -> Running build hook: [block]
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: xhci_pci
  -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
  -> Running build hook: [keymap]
  -> Running build hook: [encrypt]
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: qat_4xxx
  -> Running build hook: [openswap]
  -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-5.14-x86_64.img
==> Image generation successful
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux514.preset: 'fallback'
  -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-5.14-x86_64 -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-5.14-x86_64-fallback.img -S autodetect
==> Starting build: 5.14.0-1-MANJARO
  -> Running build hook: [base]
  -> Running build hook: [udev]
  -> Running build hook: [modconf]
  -> Running build hook: [block]
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: xhci_pci
  -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
  -> Running build hook: [keymap]
  -> Running build hook: [encrypt]
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: qat_4xxx
  -> Running build hook: [openswap]
  -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-5.14-x86_64-fallback.img
==> Image generation successful
$

I tried the AUR (en) - upd72020x-fw package (Renesas uPD720201 / uPD720202 USB 3.0 chipsets firmware):

Submitter:	redchenjs
Maintainer:	redchenjs
Last Packager:	redchenjs
Votes:	38
Popularity:	4.97
First Submitted:	2020-08-21 15:45
Last Updated:	2020-11-25 07:32

Installed and w/o reboot tried again:

$ sudo mkinitcpio -P
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux514.preset: 'default'
  -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-5.14-x86_64 -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-5.14-x86_64.img
==> Starting build: 5.14.0-1-MANJARO
  -> Running build hook: [base]
  -> Running build hook: [udev]
  -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
  -> Running build hook: [modconf]
  -> Running build hook: [block]
  -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
  -> Running build hook: [keymap]
  -> Running build hook: [encrypt]
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: qat_4xxx
  -> Running build hook: [openswap]
  -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-5.14-x86_64.img
==> Image generation successful
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux514.preset: 'fallback'
  -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-5.14-x86_64 -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-5.14-x86_64-fallback.img -S autodetect
==> Starting build: 5.14.0-1-MANJARO
  -> Running build hook: [base]
  -> Running build hook: [udev]
  -> Running build hook: [modconf]
  -> Running build hook: [block]
  -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
  -> Running build hook: [keymap]
  -> Running build hook: [encrypt]
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: qat_4xxx
  -> Running build hook: [openswap]
  -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-5.14-x86_64-fallback.img
==> Image generation successful
$

Hm, like magic!

Thank you, @steanne !
How did you know about that package? Why exactly that package with that strange name of 2020 like it was for 2020 year as temp patch and now outdated?

PS
Why so old version? 1 year ago was the first submit and 9 months ago last update. Are there more modern?

[steanne]

@alven

Why exactly that package with that strange name of 2020 like it was for 2020 year as temp patch and now outdated?

the 2020 is part of the name of the chip.

[alven]

[Unstable Update] 2021-05-28 - Kernels, Perl, Cinnamon 5.0, Haskell, Tesseract, Cutefish

The patch is added again to the previous Kernel Series (shipped with next Kernel updates):

[El_Brujo]

Yep, I confirm that I’ve got a flawless initramfs generation after the patch was re-added.

==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux510.preset: 'default'
  -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64 -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-5.10-x86_64.img
==> Starting build: 5.10.58-1-MANJARO
  -> Running build hook: [base]
  -> Running build hook: [udev]
  -> Running build hook: [usr]
  -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
  -> Running build hook: [modconf]
  -> Running build hook: [block]
  -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
  -> Running build hook: [keymap]
  -> Running build hook: [consolefont]
  -> Running build hook: [plymouth]
  -> Running build hook: [lvm2]
  -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
  -> Running build hook: [shutdown]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating zstd-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-5.10-x86_64.img
==> Image generation successful
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux510.preset: 'fallback'
  -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64 -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-5.10-x86_64-fallback.img -S autodetect
==> Starting build: 5.10.58-1-MANJARO
  -> Running build hook: [base]
  -> Running build hook: [udev]
  -> Running build hook: [usr]
  -> Running build hook: [modconf]
  -> Running build hook: [block]
  -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
  -> Running build hook: [keymap]
  -> Running build hook: [consolefont]
  -> Running build hook: [plymouth]
  -> Running build hook: [lvm2]
  -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
  -> Running build hook: [shutdown]

This issue should be resolved for the other branches once the newer kernel updates are rolled out.

Thanks @philm for looking after this.