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mkinitcpio: added firmware module warnings

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@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ mkinitcpio -P
This section addresses various errors that can happen when using mkinitcpio.
### '/lib/modules/xxxxxxx' is not a valid kernel module directory
### `'/lib/modules/xxxxxxx' is not a valid kernel module directory`
When you encounter an error like the header of this section when running
`mkinitcpio` try first to reinstall the `linux`, `linux-headers` and
@ -37,3 +37,13 @@ to the correct location `/boot/initramfs-linux.img` in the boot directory (back
up the old one).
After that reboot and it should again work fine (Source:
[Unix Stackexchange](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/395402/lib-modules-4-9-8-1-arch-is-not-a-valid-kernel-module-directory)).
### `WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: ...`
If the warning `WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: ...` is shown during the process of
rebuilding the initramfs there is a firmware package missing.
It is not necessarily needed to install them but is recommended for the hardware to run correctly.
A simple table that shows firmware modules and corresponding
[Arch Linux](/wiki/linux/arch-linux.md) packages is shown on the
[Arch Linux wiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Mkinitcpio#Possibly_missing_firmware_for_module_XXXX).