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On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 7:20 AM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Wednesday, 20 December 2017 19:55:40 GMT Mick wrote: |
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> > On Wednesday, 20 December 2017 18:31:03 GMT Mike Gilbert wrote: |
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> > > On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 12:39 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> |
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> wrote: |
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> > > > [ 1.072525] [drm] Loading RV730 Microcode |
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> > > > [ 1.072679] radeon 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for radeon/ |
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> > > > RV730_pfp.bin failed with error -2 |
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> > > > [ 1.072859] r600_cp: Failed to load firmware |
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> "radeon/RV730_pfp.bin" |
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> > > > [ 1.072974] [drm:rv770_init] *ERROR* Failed to load firmware! |
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> > > Does this error occur before your root filesystem has been mounted? |
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> > > You should see a message about mounting root further down in the dmesg |
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> > > output. |
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> > > If that's the case, and your kernel needs the firmware blob before |
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> > > root has been mounted, you will probably need to start using an |
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> > > initramfs, or add radeon/RV730_pfp.bin to CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE. |
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> > I beg your pardon guys, the deprecated 'make firmware_install' through me |
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> > off the scent! It seems that the blobs for Radeon R730 have changed with |
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> > kernel 4.14.7, from those the Gentoo Wiki shows. So I'm fishing for |
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> errors |
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> > in dmesg and adding one blob at a time to see what I get. The kernel |
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> > compile builds the blobs fine as I show below, even if the |
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> firmware_install |
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> > is not used any longer. |
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> > |
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> > CHK include/generated/compile.h |
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> > MK_FW firmware/radeon/RV730_me.bin.gen.S |
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> > AS firmware/radeon/RV730_me.bin.gen.o |
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> > AR firmware/built-in.o |
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> OK, problem solved for now! :-) |
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> My list of blobs was: |
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> CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="intel-ucode/06-1e-05 radeon/R700_rlc.bin radeon/ |
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> RV730_smc.bin radeon/RV710_uvd.bin" |
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> and it now is: |
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> CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="intel-ucode/06-1e-05 radeon/R700_rlc.bin radeon/ |
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> RV730_pfp.bin radeon/RV730_me.bin radeon/RV730_smc.bin |
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> radeon/RV710_uvd.bin" |
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> Console buffer works, xserver works. I don't know if all of them are |
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> necessary, but if it works and doesn't complain I don't have to try messing |
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> things up. ;-) |
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> My video card in case you have the same is: |
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> Chipset: "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670" (ChipID = 0x9488) |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_graphics_processing_units#Radeon_HD_4000_Series |
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reckons that the 4670 is RV730, so i'd say you dont need |
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radeon/R700_rlc.bin or radeon/RV710_uvd.bin |