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From: Elias Diem <pub.linux@×××××××××.ch>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Which Radeon Firmware?
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 15:03:40
Message-Id: 20131111150323.GA1899@hp-workstation.v.cablecom.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Which Radeon Firmware? by Bruce Hill
1 Hi Bruce
2
3 On 2013-11-11, Bruce Hill wrote:
4
5 > If you have CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=m, and
6 > CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware/", then the kernel will pick the
7 > right firmware automatically, without having to name the microcode in
8 > CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE at all.
9
10 Yes, thank you. It worked.
11
12 > Build your kernel that way and see which firmware shows up issuing:
13 > dmesg | grep -i firmware
14
15 Unfortunately I can't figure it out.
16
17 'dmesg | grep -i firmware' doesn't return anything.
18
19 'dmesg | grep -i radeon' returns:
20
21 <snip>
22 [ 0.030492] smpboot: CPU0: AMD A8-5500B APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics (fam: 15, model: 10, stepping: 01)
23 [ 4.600599] [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled.
24 [ 4.601157] radeon 0000:00:01.0: VRAM: 768M 0x0000000000000000 - 0x000000002FFFFFFF (768M used)
25 [ 4.601159] radeon 0000:00:01.0: GTT: 512M 0x0000000030000000 - 0x000000004FFFFFFF
26 [ 4.601693] [drm] radeon: 768M of VRAM memory ready
27 [ 4.601694] [drm] radeon: 512M of GTT memory ready.
28 [ 4.881482] radeon 0000:00:01.0: WB enabled
29 [ 4.881485] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 0 use gpu addr 0x0000000030000c00 and cpu addr 0xffff880223f0dc00
30 [ 4.882218] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 5 use gpu addr 0x0000000000075a18 and cpu addr 0xffffc900114b5a18
31 [ 4.882220] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 1 use gpu addr 0x0000000030000c04 and cpu addr 0xffff880223f0dc04
32 [ 4.882222] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 2 use gpu addr 0x0000000030000c08 and cpu addr 0xffff880223f0dc08
33 [ 4.882223] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 3 use gpu addr 0x0000000030000c0c and cpu addr 0xffff880223f0dc0c
34 [ 4.882225] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 4 use gpu addr 0x0000000030000c10 and cpu addr 0xffff880223f0dc10
35 [ 4.882245] radeon 0000:00:01.0: irq 45 for MSI/MSI-X
36 [ 4.882255] radeon 0000:00:01.0: radeon: using MSI.
37 [ 4.882534] [drm] radeon: irq initialized.
38 [ 5.023269] [drm] Radeon Display Connectors
39 [ 5.044982] [drm] radeon: power management initialized
40 [ 5.165005] fbcon: radeondrmfb (fb0) is primary device
41 [ 5.231602] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fb0: radeondrmfb frame buffer device
42 [ 5.231604] radeon 0000:00:01.0: registered panic notifier
43 [ 5.231608] [drm] Initialized radeon 2.33.0 20080528 for 0000:00:01.0 on minor 0
44 </snip>
45
46 --
47 Greetings
48 Elias

Replies

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Re: [gentoo-user] Which Radeon Firmware? Bruce Hill <daddy@×××××××××××××××××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Which Radeon Firmware? Marc Joliet <marcec@×××.de>