[gentoo-user] Which Radeon Firmware?

[gentoo-user] Which Radeon Firmware?

[Elias Diem]

Hi all

I've got a Radeon graphics card and I don't know which 
firmware to use. My model doesn't seem to be listed on 
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Radeon#Firmware

Here is  the output from lspci:

<output>
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Trinity [Radeon HD 7560D] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 1850
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
    Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
    I/O ports at f000 [size=256]
    Memory at ff700000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
    Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
    Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
    Capabilities: [58] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
    Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
    Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=010 <?>
    Kernel driver in use: radeon
</output>

What firmware would you use?

Thanks

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Re: [gentoo-user] Which Radeon Firmware?

[Bruce Hill]

On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 01:59:41PM +0100, Elias Diem wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I've got a Radeon graphics card and I don't know which 
> firmware to use. My model doesn't seem to be listed on 
> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Radeon#Firmware
> 
> Here is  the output from lspci:
> 
> <output>
> 00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Trinity [Radeon HD 7560D] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>     Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 1850
>     Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
>     Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
>     I/O ports at f000 [size=256]
>     Memory at ff700000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
>     Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
>     Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
>     Capabilities: [58] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
>     Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
>     Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=010 <?>
>     Kernel driver in use: radeon
> </output>
> 
> What firmware would you use?

If you have CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=m, and
CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware/", then the kernel will pick the
right firmware automatically, without having to name the microcode in
CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE at all.

Build your kernel that way and see which firmware shows up issuing:
dmesg | grep -i firmware
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Re: [gentoo-user] Which Radeon Firmware?

[Elias Diem]

Hi Bruce

On 2013-11-11,  Bruce Hill wrote:

> If you have CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=m, and
> CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware/", then the kernel will pick the
> right firmware automatically, without having to name the microcode in
> CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE at all.

Yes, thank you. It worked.

> Build your kernel that way and see which firmware shows up issuing:
> dmesg | grep -i firmware

Unfortunately I can't figure it out.

'dmesg | grep -i firmware' doesn't return anything.

'dmesg | grep -i radeon' returns:

<snip>
[    0.030492] smpboot: CPU0: AMD A8-5500B APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics (fam: 15, model: 10, stepping: 01)
[    4.600599] [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled.
[    4.601157] radeon 0000:00:01.0: VRAM: 768M 0x0000000000000000 - 0x000000002FFFFFFF (768M used)
[    4.601159] radeon 0000:00:01.0: GTT: 512M 0x0000000030000000 - 0x000000004FFFFFFF
[    4.601693] [drm] radeon: 768M of VRAM memory ready
[    4.601694] [drm] radeon: 512M of GTT memory ready.
[    4.881482] radeon 0000:00:01.0: WB enabled
[    4.881485] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 0 use gpu addr 0x0000000030000c00 and cpu addr 0xffff880223f0dc00
[    4.882218] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 5 use gpu addr 0x0000000000075a18 and cpu addr 0xffffc900114b5a18
[    4.882220] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 1 use gpu addr 0x0000000030000c04 and cpu addr 0xffff880223f0dc04
[    4.882222] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 2 use gpu addr 0x0000000030000c08 and cpu addr 0xffff880223f0dc08
[    4.882223] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 3 use gpu addr 0x0000000030000c0c and cpu addr 0xffff880223f0dc0c
[    4.882225] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 4 use gpu addr 0x0000000030000c10 and cpu addr 0xffff880223f0dc10
[    4.882245] radeon 0000:00:01.0: irq 45 for MSI/MSI-X
[    4.882255] radeon 0000:00:01.0: radeon: using MSI.
[    4.882534] [drm] radeon: irq initialized.
[    5.023269] [drm] Radeon Display Connectors
[    5.044982] [drm] radeon: power management initialized
[    5.165005] fbcon: radeondrmfb (fb0) is primary device
[    5.231602] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fb0: radeondrmfb frame buffer device
[    5.231604] radeon 0000:00:01.0: registered panic notifier
[    5.231608] [drm] Initialized radeon 2.33.0 20080528 for 0000:00:01.0 on minor 0
</snip>

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Elias

Re: [gentoo-user] Which Radeon Firmware?

[Bruce Hill]

On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 04:03:23PM +0100, Elias Diem wrote:
> Hi Bruce
> 
> On 2013-11-11,  Bruce Hill wrote:
> 
> > If you have CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=m, and
> > CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware/", then the kernel will pick the
> > right firmware automatically, without having to name the microcode in
> > CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE at all.
> 
> Yes, thank you. It worked.
> 
> > Build your kernel that way and see which firmware shows up issuing:
> > dmesg | grep -i firmware
> 
> Unfortunately I can't figure it out.
> 
> 'dmesg | grep -i firmware' doesn't return anything.
> 
> 'dmesg | grep -i radeon' returns:
> 
> <snip>
> [    0.030492] smpboot: CPU0: AMD A8-5500B APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics (fam: 15, model: 10, stepping: 01)
> [    4.600599] [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled.
> [    4.601157] radeon 0000:00:01.0: VRAM: 768M 0x0000000000000000 - 0x000000002FFFFFFF (768M used)
> [    4.601159] radeon 0000:00:01.0: GTT: 512M 0x0000000030000000 - 0x000000004FFFFFFF
> [    4.601693] [drm] radeon: 768M of VRAM memory ready
> [    4.601694] [drm] radeon: 512M of GTT memory ready.
> [    4.881482] radeon 0000:00:01.0: WB enabled
> [    4.881485] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 0 use gpu addr 0x0000000030000c00 and cpu addr 0xffff880223f0dc00
> [    4.882218] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 5 use gpu addr 0x0000000000075a18 and cpu addr 0xffffc900114b5a18
> [    4.882220] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 1 use gpu addr 0x0000000030000c04 and cpu addr 0xffff880223f0dc04
> [    4.882222] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 2 use gpu addr 0x0000000030000c08 and cpu addr 0xffff880223f0dc08
> [    4.882223] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 3 use gpu addr 0x0000000030000c0c and cpu addr 0xffff880223f0dc0c
> [    4.882225] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 4 use gpu addr 0x0000000030000c10 and cpu addr 0xffff880223f0dc10
> [    4.882245] radeon 0000:00:01.0: irq 45 for MSI/MSI-X
> [    4.882255] radeon 0000:00:01.0: radeon: using MSI.
> [    4.882534] [drm] radeon: irq initialized.
> [    5.023269] [drm] Radeon Display Connectors
> [    5.044982] [drm] radeon: power management initialized
> [    5.165005] fbcon: radeondrmfb (fb0) is primary device
> [    5.231602] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fb0: radeondrmfb frame buffer device
> [    5.231604] radeon 0000:00:01.0: registered panic notifier
> [    5.231608] [drm] Initialized radeon 2.33.0 20080528 for 0000:00:01.0 on minor 0
> </snip>

Hi Elias,

I don't have an APU, but found this:
http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/latest-linux-beta-driver.aspx

It's not supported by the open source driver, but you can find it in portage
through ati-drivers-13.11_beta6
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Re: [gentoo-user] Which Radeon Firmware?

[Marc Joliet]

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Am Mon, 11 Nov 2013 16:03:23 +0100
schrieb Elias Diem <pub.linux@webconect.ch>:

> Hi Bruce
> 
> On 2013-11-11,  Bruce Hill wrote:
> 
> > If you have CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=m, and
> > CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware/", then the kernel will pick the
> > right firmware automatically, without having to name the microcode in
> > CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE at all.
> 
> Yes, thank you. It worked.
> 
> > Build your kernel that way and see which firmware shows up issuing:
> > dmesg | grep -i firmware
> 
> Unfortunately I can't figure it out.
> 
> 'dmesg | grep -i firmware' doesn't return anything.

You need to grep for "microcode", not "firmware". On my system I see:

% dmesg |grep -i microcode
[   18.890581] [drm] Loading RV730 Microcode

> 'dmesg | grep -i radeon' returns:
> 
> <snip>
> [    0.030492] smpboot: CPU0: AMD A8-5500B APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics (fam: 15, model: 10, stepping: 01)
> [    4.600599] [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled.
> [    4.601157] radeon 0000:00:01.0: VRAM: 768M 0x0000000000000000 - 0x000000002FFFFFFF (768M used)
> [    4.601159] radeon 0000:00:01.0: GTT: 512M 0x0000000030000000 - 0x000000004FFFFFFF
> [    4.601693] [drm] radeon: 768M of VRAM memory ready
> [    4.601694] [drm] radeon: 512M of GTT memory ready.
> [    4.881482] radeon 0000:00:01.0: WB enabled
> [    4.881485] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 0 use gpu addr 0x0000000030000c00 and cpu addr 0xffff880223f0dc00
> [    4.882218] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 5 use gpu addr 0x0000000000075a18 and cpu addr 0xffffc900114b5a18
> [    4.882220] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 1 use gpu addr 0x0000000030000c04 and cpu addr 0xffff880223f0dc04
> [    4.882222] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 2 use gpu addr 0x0000000030000c08 and cpu addr 0xffff880223f0dc08
> [    4.882223] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 3 use gpu addr 0x0000000030000c0c and cpu addr 0xffff880223f0dc0c
> [    4.882225] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 4 use gpu addr 0x0000000030000c10 and cpu addr 0xffff880223f0dc10
> [    4.882245] radeon 0000:00:01.0: irq 45 for MSI/MSI-X
> [    4.882255] radeon 0000:00:01.0: radeon: using MSI.
> [    4.882534] [drm] radeon: irq initialized.
> [    5.023269] [drm] Radeon Display Connectors
> [    5.044982] [drm] radeon: power management initialized
> [    5.165005] fbcon: radeondrmfb (fb0) is primary device
> [    5.231602] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fb0: radeondrmfb frame buffer device
> [    5.231604] radeon 0000:00:01.0: registered panic notifier
> [    5.231608] [drm] Initialized radeon 2.33.0 20080528 for 0000:00:01.0 on minor 0
> </snip>

That doesn't look too different from my dmesg output. Your last line is almost
identical to my system.

However, if Bruce is correct, you'll have to try the proprietary drivers (at
least for 3D support, I suspect it'll work fine otherwise).

HTH
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Re: [gentoo-user] Which Radeon Firmware?

[Bruce Hill]

On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 05:41:55PM +0100, Marc Joliet wrote:
> Am Mon, 11 Nov 2013 16:03:23 +0100
> schrieb Elias Diem <pub.linux@webconect.ch>:
> 
> > Hi Bruce
> > 
> > On 2013-11-11,  Bruce Hill wrote:
> > 
> > > If you have CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=m, and
> > > CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware/", then the kernel will pick the
> > > right firmware automatically, without having to name the microcode in
> > > CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE at all.
> > 
> > Yes, thank you. It worked.
> > 
> > > Build your kernel that way and see which firmware shows up issuing:
> > > dmesg | grep -i firmware
> > 
> > Unfortunately I can't figure it out.
> > 
> > 'dmesg | grep -i firmware' doesn't return anything.
> 
> You need to grep for "microcode", not "firmware". On my system I see:
> 
> % dmesg |grep -i microcode
> [   18.890581] [drm] Loading RV730 Microcode
> 
> > 'dmesg | grep -i radeon' returns:
> > 
> > <snip>
> > [    0.030492] smpboot: CPU0: AMD A8-5500B APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics (fam: 15, model: 10, stepping: 01)
> > [    4.600599] [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled.
> > [    4.601157] radeon 0000:00:01.0: VRAM: 768M 0x0000000000000000 - 0x000000002FFFFFFF (768M used)
> > [    4.601159] radeon 0000:00:01.0: GTT: 512M 0x0000000030000000 - 0x000000004FFFFFFF
> > [    4.601693] [drm] radeon: 768M of VRAM memory ready
> > [    4.601694] [drm] radeon: 512M of GTT memory ready.
> > [    4.881482] radeon 0000:00:01.0: WB enabled
> > [    4.881485] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 0 use gpu addr 0x0000000030000c00 and cpu addr 0xffff880223f0dc00
> > [    4.882218] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 5 use gpu addr 0x0000000000075a18 and cpu addr 0xffffc900114b5a18
> > [    4.882220] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 1 use gpu addr 0x0000000030000c04 and cpu addr 0xffff880223f0dc04
> > [    4.882222] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 2 use gpu addr 0x0000000030000c08 and cpu addr 0xffff880223f0dc08
> > [    4.882223] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 3 use gpu addr 0x0000000030000c0c and cpu addr 0xffff880223f0dc0c
> > [    4.882225] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 4 use gpu addr 0x0000000030000c10 and cpu addr 0xffff880223f0dc10
> > [    4.882245] radeon 0000:00:01.0: irq 45 for MSI/MSI-X
> > [    4.882255] radeon 0000:00:01.0: radeon: using MSI.
> > [    4.882534] [drm] radeon: irq initialized.
> > [    5.023269] [drm] Radeon Display Connectors
> > [    5.044982] [drm] radeon: power management initialized
> > [    5.165005] fbcon: radeondrmfb (fb0) is primary device
> > [    5.231602] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fb0: radeondrmfb frame buffer device
> > [    5.231604] radeon 0000:00:01.0: registered panic notifier
> > [    5.231608] [drm] Initialized radeon 2.33.0 20080528 for 0000:00:01.0 on minor 0
> > </snip>
> 
> That doesn't look too different from my dmesg output. Your last line is almost
> identical to my system.
> 
> However, if Bruce is correct, you'll have to try the proprietary drivers (at
> least for 3D support, I suspect it'll work fine otherwise).
> 
> HTH
> -- 
> Marc Joliet
> --
> "People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know we
> don't" - Bjarne Stroustrup

Hi Marc,

Do you have DRM_RADEON built in or a module?

Just wondering if that's the difference.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Which Radeon Firmware?

[Marc Joliet]

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Am Mon, 11 Nov 2013 12:55:02 -0600
schrieb Bruce Hill <daddy@happypenguincomputers.com>:

[...]
> Hi Marc,
> 
> Do you have DRM_RADEON built in or a module?
> 
> Just wondering if that's the difference.

I have it configured as a module, just like the OP (after re-configuring):

% zgrep DRM_RADEON /proc/config.gz 
CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=m
# CONFIG_DRM_RADEON_UMS is not set

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