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From: Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 'firmware_install' won't on 4.14.7-gentoo
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2017 04:11:05
Message-Id: CAC=wYCFqsrL16Ta9N6thNcz85RE7sBoYq0YWLACLeY3fKouZ0Q@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] 'firmware_install' won't on 4.14.7-gentoo by Mick
1 >
2 > Comparing firmware between kernels 4.12.12 and 4.14.7 I see:
3 >
4 > $ ls -l /usr/src/linux-4.12.12-gentoo/firmware/radeon/RV730*
5 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5440 Dec 7 09:02 /usr/src/linux-4.12.12-gentoo/
6 > firmware/radeon/RV730_me.bin
7 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 454 Dec 7 09:02 /usr/src/linux-4.12.12-gentoo/
8 > firmware/radeon/RV730_me.bin.gen.S
9 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6704 Dec 7 09:02 /usr/src/linux-4.12.12-gentoo/
10 > firmware/radeon/RV730_me.bin.gen.o
11 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14972 Jul 3 00:07 /usr/src/linux-4.12.12-gentoo/
12 > firmware/radeon/RV730_me.bin.ihex
13 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3392 Dec 7 09:02 /usr/src/linux-4.12.12-gentoo/
14 > firmware/radeon/RV730_pfp.bin
15 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 461 Dec 7 09:02 /usr/src/linux-4.12.12-gentoo/
16 > firmware/radeon/RV730_pfp.bin.gen.S
17 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4656 Dec 7 09:02 /usr/src/linux-4.12.12-gentoo/
18 > firmware/radeon/RV730_pfp.bin.gen.o
19 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9340 Jul 3 00:07 /usr/src/linux-4.12.12-gentoo/
20 > firmware/radeon/RV730_pfp.bin.ihex
21 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 467 Dec 7 09:02 /usr/src/linux-4.12.12-gentoo/
22 > firmware/radeon/RV730_smc.bin.gen.S
23 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17952 Dec 7 09:02 /usr/src/linux-4.12.12-gentoo/
24 > firmware/radeon/RV730_smc.bin.gen.o
25 >
26 >
27 > $ ls -l /usr/src/linux-4.14.7-gentoo/firmware/radeon/RV730*
28 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 467 Dec 20 11:46 /usr/src/linux-4.14.7-gentoo/
29 > firmware/radeon/RV730_smc.bin.gen.S
30 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17952 Dec 20 11:46 /usr/src/linux-4.14.7-gentoo/
31 > firmware/radeon/RV730_smc.bin.gen.o
32 >
33 >
34 > As you can see above there is a marked difference between the firmware
35 > built
36 > by the two kernels. In any case, my '/lib/firmware/' path contains:
37 >
38 > $ ls -l /lib/firmware/radeon/RV730*
39 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5440 Dec 20 17:29 /lib/firmware/radeon/RV730_me.
40 > bin
41 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3392 Dec 20 17:29 /lib/firmware/radeon/RV730_
42 > pfp.bin
43 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16684 Dec 20 17:29 /lib/firmware/radeon/RV730_
44 > smc.bin
45 >
46
47 Earlier I saw
48
49 CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="intel-ucode/06-1e-05 radeon/R700_rlc.bin
50 radeon/RV730_smc.bin radeon/RV710_uvd.bin"
51
52 For radeon/R700_rlc.bin
53 $ find /lib/firmware/ -name \*R700\*
54 /lib/firmware/radeon/R700_rlc.bin
55
56 For radeon/RV730_smc.bin
57 $ find /lib/firmware/ -name \*RV730\*
58 /lib/firmware/radeon/RV730_pfp.bin
59 /lib/firmware/radeon/RV730_smc.bin
60 /lib/firmware/radeon/RV730_me.bin
61
62 For adeon/RV710_uvd.bin
63 $ find /lib/firmware/ -name \*RV710\*
64 /lib/firmware/radeon/RV710_me.bin
65 /lib/firmware/radeon/RV710_pfp.bin
66 /lib/firmware/radeon/RV710_smc.bin
67 /lib/firmware/radeon/RV710_uvd.bin
68
69 So it looks like you're trying to load firmware from three different
70 models.
71
72 Run lspci -v to determine which is correct one, then load all the firmwares
73 for that model.

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Re: [gentoo-user] 'firmware_install' won't on 4.14.7-gentoo Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>