Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo-sources-4.9.0

[Tsukasa Mcp_Reznor]

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From: Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2016 2:46 PM
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo-sources-4.9.0

Forwarding the email below to the list.


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From: andymenderunix <andymenderunix@×××××.com>
Date: Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 9:28 PM
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo-sources-4.9.0
To: Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com>


I second this, but I would also recommend doing a diff of the radeon
related code in the source tree. Maybe only selected files were
changed and cause the issues. It's worth a check.

Best regards,
Andrew



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-------- Original message --------
From: Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com>
Date: 13/12/2016 18:47 (GMT+01:00)
To: Gentoo mailing list <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo-sources-4.9.0

On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 7:09 PM, Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> Has anyone stumbled over a display problem with this kernel? Copying the
> .config from 4.8.14, tweaking with oldconfig and compiling left me with a
> blank display and no booting activity.
>
> The display card is an AMD/ATI Tonga Radeon R9 380X and I load the latest
> microcode during kernel compilation. I have VIDEO_CARDS="amdgpu radeonsi" in
> make.conf. Fine with earlier kernel versions but not with 4.9.0.
>
> --
> Regards
> Peter
>
>

>I'm not a user of the piece of hardware in question, but I wonder if
>running diff on the .config files for 4.8.14 and 4.9.0 would reveal
>any deviations in perhaps the names for any AMD/ATI config options
>that might have changed?



I'm running Amdgpu on a bonaire 260X, with the Vmap option at the default of Y
no crashes or any other display problems here.