WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module

Issues & Assistance
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Every time I update I get these warnings:

==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'ast'
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'aic94xx'
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'bfa'
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qed'
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qla1280'
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qla2xxx'
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'wd719x'
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'xhci_pci_renesas'
==> WARNING: consolefont: no font found in configuration

Am I missing something or can these be ignored?

Tim

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You can ignore this. It is documented somewhere, including how to remove it if it bothers you.

If you search for it:

==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: ‘ast’

you will end up here: [solved] WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: xxx / Pacman & Package Upgrade Issues / Arch Linux Forums

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Thank you. What does this one refer to?

WARNING: consolefont: no font found in configuration
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See for yourself: mkinitcpio: WARNING: consolefont: no font found in configuration / Newbie Corner / Arch Linux Forums

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Linux_console#Fonts

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I am new to Linux and that thread doesn’t make sense but thanks anyway.

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Boiled down: Warnings are not errors. They are just an FYI

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adding explanation about firmware :
there is 2 ways to distribute firmware ,
firmware with kernel linux , or other way to distribution ( 3rd party)

in case do not distribute with kernels firmware , you then see a warning