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On Wednesday, 20 December 2017 15:28:03 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> On Wednesday, 20 December 2017 12:22:29 GMT Mick wrote: |
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> > Has something changed in 4.14.7-gentoo sources from its predecessors? |
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> What firmware are you trying to install? This box needs firmware for the |
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> graphics card and the Intel CPU, and I've been declaring the file names in |
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> CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE and CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR. As the display works |
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> fine, and so does opencl on the GPU since I emerged dev-libs/amdgpu-pro- |
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> opencl, I assume that the firmware is being loaded. I didn't even know about |
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> a firmware_install make target. |
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Thanks Peter, |
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I am also declaring relevant firmware in the kernel for CPU microcode and GPU, |
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but they do not get loaded when I build kernel 4.14.7: |
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$ grep FIRMWARE /usr/src/linux/.config |
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CONFIG_PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD=y |
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CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y |
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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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CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware/" |
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# CONFIG_CYPRESS_FIRMWARE is not set |
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# CONFIG_DRM_LOAD_EDID_FIRMWARE is not set |
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CONFIG_FIRMWARE_EDID=y |
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CONFIG_FIRMWARE_MEMMAP=y |
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# CONFIG_GOOGLE_FIRMWARE is not set |
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# CONFIG_TEST_FIRMWARE is not set |
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So I can't load a desktop because xserver will not launch. I also recall |
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having additional firmware for WiFi/BT cards on this laptop. |
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The same problem exists on other systems, some running AMD. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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