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From: Elias Diem <pub.linux@webconect.ch>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Which Radeon Firmware?
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 16:03:23 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131111150323.GA1899@hp-workstation.v.cablecom.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20131111142812.GC32524@server>

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>

-- 
Greetings
Elias




  reply	other threads:[~2013-11-11 15:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-11-11 12:59 [gentoo-user] Which Radeon Firmware? Elias Diem
2013-11-11 14:28 ` Bruce Hill
2013-11-11 15:03   ` Elias Diem [this message]
2013-11-11 16:22     ` Bruce Hill
2013-11-11 16:41     ` Marc Joliet
2013-11-11 18:55       ` Bruce Hill
2013-11-11 19:18         ` Marc Joliet

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