Re: [gentoo-user] Radeon RV730 blobs changed

[Mick]

On Wednesday, 20 December 2017 18:31:03 GMT Mike Gilbert wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 12:39 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
> > [    1.072525] [drm] Loading RV730 Microcode
> > [    1.072679] radeon 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for radeon/
> > RV730_pfp.bin failed with error -2
> > [    1.072859] r600_cp: Failed to load firmware "radeon/RV730_pfp.bin"
> > [    1.072974] [drm:rv770_init] *ERROR* Failed to load firmware!
>
> Does this error occur before your root filesystem has been mounted?
> You should see a message about mounting root further down in the dmesg
> output.
>
> If that's the case, and your kernel needs the firmware blob before
> root has been mounted, you will probably need to start using an
> initramfs, or add radeon/RV730_pfp.bin to CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE.

I beg your pardon guys, the deprecated 'make firmware_install' through me off 
the scent!  It seems that the blobs for Radeon R730 have changed with kernel 
4.14.7, from those the Gentoo Wiki shows.  So I'm fishing for errors in dmesg 
and adding one blob at a time to see what I get.  The kernel compile builds 
the blobs fine as I show below, even if the firmware_install is not used any 
longer.

  CHK     include/generated/compile.h
  MK_FW   firmware/radeon/RV730_me.bin.gen.S
  AS      firmware/radeon/RV730_me.bin.gen.o
  AR      firmware/built-in.o

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Regards,
Mick