Re: [gentoo-user] (Not Solved for me) anyone tried amdgpu (kernel module)

[Mick]

On Tuesday 22 Dec 2015 21:30:48 Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 9:39 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
> > On Sunday 20 Dec 2015 20:29:28 Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
> > > On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 9:04 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
> > > > This is not working for me on a Kaveri system.
> > > >
> > > > The wiki page suggests these firmware blobs:
> > > >
> > > > radeon/kaveri_ce.bin radeon/kaveri_me.bin radeon/kaveri_mec2.bin
> > > > radeon/kaveri_mec.bin radeon/kaveri_pfp.bin radeon/kaveri_rlc.bin
> > > > radeon/kaveri_sdma1.bin radeon/kaveri_sdma.bin radeon/kaveri_uvd.bin
> > > > radeon/kaveri_vce.bin
> > > >
> > > > Unfortunately, radeon/kaveri_sdma1.bin does not seen to be available
> >
> > when
> >
> > > > I use sys-kernel/linux-firmware:
> > > >
> > > > find /lib/firmware/radeon/ -iname KAVERI*sdma*
> > > > /lib/firmware/radeon/kaveri_sdma.bin
> > > > /lib/firmware/radeon/KAVERI_sdma.bin
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I installed sys-firmware/amdgpu-ucode, but KAVERI is not found there
> > > > either:
> > > >
> > > > find /lib/firmware/amdgpu/ -iname *sdma*
> > > > /lib/firmware/amdgpu/carrizo_sdma.bin
> > > > /lib/firmware/amdgpu/carrizo_sdma1.bin
> > > > /lib/firmware/amdgpu/fiji_sdma.bin
> > > > /lib/firmware/amdgpu/fiji_sdma1.bin
> > > > /lib/firmware/amdgpu/tonga_sdma.bin
> > > > /lib/firmware/amdgpu/tonga_sdma1.bin
> > > > /lib/firmware/amdgpu/topaz_sdma.bin
> > > > /lib/firmware/amdgpu/topaz_sdma1.bin
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Building the recommended blobs fails like so:
> > > >
> > > > # make && make modules_install && make firmware_install
> > > >
> > > >   CHK     include/config/kernel.release
> > > >   CHK     include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h
> > > >   CHK     include/generated/utsrelease.h
> > > >   CHK     include/generated/bounds.h
> > > >   CHK     include/generated/asm-offsets.h
> > > >   CALL    scripts/checksyscalls.sh
> > > >   CHK     include/generated/compile.h
> > > >
> > > > kernel/Makefile:135: *** No X.509 certificates found ***
> > > > make[1]: *** No rule to make target
> > > > '/lib/firmware//radeon/kaveri_sdma1.bin',
> > > > needed by 'firmware/radeon/kaveri_sdma1.bin.gen.o'.  Stop.
> > > > Makefile:947: recipe for target 'firmware' failed
> > > > make: *** [firmware] Error 2
> > >
> > > That's interesting. 'kaveri_sdma1.bin' is found in the
> > > 'sys-firmware/amdgpu-ucode' package. See below.
> > > % pwd
> > > radeon_ucode/kaveri
> >
> > I don't seem to have such a directory, or the files therein.  Where am I
> > supposed to look?
> >
> > This is what emerge -uaDv sys-firmware/amdgpu-ucode installed on my PC:
> > >>> Installing (1 of 1) sys-firmware/amdgpu-ucode-20150803::gentoo
> >
> >  * checking 44 files for package collisions
> >
> > >>> Merging sys-firmware/amdgpu-ucode-20150803 to /
> >
> > --- /lib/
> > --- /lib/firmware/
> > --- /lib/firmware/amdgpu/
> >
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/carrizo_ce.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/carrizo_me.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/carrizo_mec.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/carrizo_mec2.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/carrizo_pfp.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/carrizo_rlc.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/carrizo_sdma.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/carrizo_sdma1.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/carrizo_uvd.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/carrizo_vce.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/fiji_ce.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/fiji_mc.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/fiji_me.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/fiji_mec.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/fiji_mec2.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/fiji_pfp.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/fiji_rlc.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/fiji_sdma.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/fiji_sdma1.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/fiji_smc.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/fiji_uvd.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/fiji_vce.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/tonga_ce.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/tonga_mc.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/tonga_me.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/tonga_mec.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/tonga_mec2.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/tonga_pfp.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/tonga_rlc.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/tonga_sdma.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/tonga_sdma1.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/tonga_smc.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/tonga_uvd.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/tonga_vce.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/topaz_ce.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/topaz_mc.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/topaz_me.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/topaz_mec.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/topaz_mec2.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/topaz_pfp.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/topaz_rlc.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/topaz_sdma.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/topaz_sdma1.bin
> > >>> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/topaz_smc.bin
> >
> > No /kaveri/ in there.
> >
> > > Perhaps the path to the binary blobs specified in your kernel config
> > > file is wrong? You want to double check that.
> >
> > This is what I have:
> >
> > grep /firmware .config
> > CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware/"
> >
> > Looking at it again the amdgpu wiki page does not list amdgpu firmwares
> > for the KAVERI APU.  However, I am confused as to why I can't find
> > radeon/kaveri_sdma1 in my installed firmwares (either from
> > linux-firmware, or
> > from amdgpu-ucode.
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Mick
>
> What USE flags did you compile 'sys-firmware/amdgpu-ucode' with?
>
> If I am reading the section of the ebuild shown below correctly, having
> 'legacy' enabled is what installs the 'kaveri' binaries.
> /usr/portage/sys-firmware/amdgpu-ucode/amdgpu-ucode-20150803.ebuild:23,33
> AMDGPU_LEGACY_CIK="bonaire hawaii kabini kaveri mullins"
>
> src_install() {
>     local directory files legacyfiles
>     if use legacy; then
>         for directory in ${AMDGPU_LEGACY_CIK}; do
>             legacyfiles+=( ${directory}/*.bin )
>         done
>         insinto /lib/firmware/radeon
>         doins ${legacyfiles[@]}
>     fi
>
> 'legacy' seems to be disabled by default. See below.
> # emerge -ap sys-firmware/amdgpu-ucode
>
> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
>
> Calculating dependencies  ... done!
> [ebuild  N    ~] sys-firmware/amdgpu-ucode-20150803  USE="-legacy"

Aha!  Good catch!

[-      ] legacy
    sys-firmware/amdgpu-ucode: Install firmware for older chipsets which 
    are optionally supported by AMDGPU
        [-  ] 20150803 [gentoo]


Can I have both amdgpu and linux-firmware?

The latter has some wireless firmware I think I need to retain.
-- 
Regards,
Mick