New error message

Just noticed another error message that is new and have not seen before after installing the latest 5.11.2 kernel. Just wondered if anyone else noticed it?

[2021-02-27T13:54:29-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: qat_4xxx

Edit: According to Arch wiki it is.

Intel QuickAssist Technology QAT_4xxx for accelerating crypto and compression workloads. Fimware module is looking for is qat_4xxx.bin and qat_4xxx_mmp.bin

Firmware file has not been released yet even though the driver for those devices has been added to the kernel. It just means that the driver will fail and the device will simply not work (same as kernel 5.10 where no driver was available) or you don’t have the hardware to begin with?

Unless you have a Renesas USB controller, it can safely be ignored.

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