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Hey Alan!

 AI> I don't see the penguins here like I used to. I'm not exactly
 AI> sure why.

I am blaming kv-5 myself.  I did have legacy boot penguins on a few versions
but overall kv-5 was a real haedache here for many, many, many reasons.

 AI> I recently booted the arch linux live CD and there were the
 AI> penguins, only two in my case but there they were.

The archlinux people are good.  It doesn't surprise me that they got it
working but uefi slackare live CDs also worked, or at least the uefi boot ones
do.  However there were issues with framebuffer graphics off and on.  At the
moment all seems fine with kv-6 kernels and graphics.

 AI> My laptop uses amdgpu if I am not mistaken.

Same here.  Also znver2 processor.  I might build a custom LFS for it but from
the moment it is more useful as a slackware64-15.0 test thingy.  Four penguins
on there and it doesn't have any fidonet schtuffenptten on it ... yet.

 :r !lspci -s 04:00.0 -k | sed 's/^/ > /'
 > 04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
Picasso/Raven 2 [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series] (rev 92)
 > 	Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Picasso
 > 	Kernel driver in use: amdgpu
 > 	Kernel modules: amdgpu

The above is on the EuroPoint where I am replying to your fine and upstanding
MSG as we speak.  It isn't a laptop but is close enough for this purpose and
for sure is fidonet capable.

 AI> I wonder if building it into the kernel or as a module makes a
 AI> difference.

If you're attempting uefi make sure the directory /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/
exists and if it is empty then it needs to be mounted at bootup.  I added this
entry to my /etc/fstab;

  efivarfs /sys/firmware/efi/efivars efivarfs nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0

and there are four penguins on bootup.  :-)

Life is good,
Maurice

... Scyle monna gehwylc mid gemete healdan a wiþ leofne ond wið laþne.
    Every man should act with moderation both to friends and foes.
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