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From: Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] AMDGPU: firefox hangs the window manager [RESOLVED](kinda)
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 06:02:18
Message-Id: CAC=wYCHTJeSBpKUbbObk3opZYwsi+JZnR35+cbygfoth0p-Rmg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] AMDGPU: firefox hangs the window manager [RESOLVED](kinda) by n952162
1 On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 2:46 AM n952162 <n952162@×××.de> wrote:
2
3 > I rebuilt my kernel, taking AMDGPU out and using "ATI Radeon" instead.
4 > Now X works for me, and even my power-off issue is gone.
5 >
6 > I don't think it has anything to do with firefox, really, or performance,
7 > but rather a problem with the driver and hardware coordination.
8 >
9 > According to the gentoo AMDGPU webpage, the STONEY processor *should* be
10 > supported:
11 >
12 >
13 > 00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
14 > [AMD/ATI] Stoney [Radeon R2/R3/R4/R5 Graphics] (rev da)
15 >
16 Did you setup your kernel to load the firmware when you were using AMDGPU?
17
18 Stoney looks like it might use the tonga or carrizo firmware.
19
20 # cd /lib/firmware/amdgpu/
21 # ls *tonga* *carr*
22 carrizo_ce.bin carrizo_mec.bin carrizo_sdma1.bin carrizo_vce.bin
23 tonga_mc.bin tonga_mec.bin tonga_sdma1.bin tonga_uvd.bin
24 carrizo_me.bin carrizo_pfp.bin carrizo_sdma.bin tonga_ce.bin
25 tonga_me.bin tonga_pfp.bin tonga_sdma.bin tonga_vce.bin
26 carrizo_mec2.bin carrizo_rlc.bin carrizo_uvd.bin tonga_k_smc.bin
27 tonga_mec2.bin tonga_rlc.bin tonga_smc.bin