From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1435138247 for ; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 16:23:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 57A34E0B1F; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 16:22:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.perfora.net (mout.perfora.net [74.208.4.195]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 58BDBE0ACF for ; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 16:22:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (66-208-231-133.ubr01a.rte20201.pa.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [66.208.231.133]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus3) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MHHIp-1VtR3n1V35-00DwAo; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 11:22:53 -0500 Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 10:22:51 -0600 From: Bruce Hill To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Which Radeon Firmware? Message-ID: <20131111162251.GE32524@server> References: <20131111125941.GA1978@hp-workstation.v.cablecom.net> <20131111142812.GC32524@server> <20131111150323.GA1899@hp-workstation.v.cablecom.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20131111150323.GA1899@hp-workstation.v.cablecom.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:TABqoukzwGpdFbzmFvDPsAHRpWM8Q4X6JhSUAoNgQxI PPAlLeie1a53/shVW3cLK98pE2McMRzYe7VbKFvD1Lv938PM8X C0Qy8WeM5V/luVU5Hpq2LkkBrqxduGI0Vgr+Lk+kbW6SqpDN5f TBgLrhcU3k/Zzl+S2SfgpaHeflwYcg0zFKUHX+S4OpF7j2pjbR AMByAD1NvFI2CxIF5hokRVqVxTiqbBbuLJsrMpt8y1AM/HlQLU x+4ImeWYiDI6HLxez5PlbWSUM9EUQmkcZNlXiNHMWTaOKur/OM 8eROkZx6VIUKZ0AHhb6xFD2RiC8lDW1LBzl0lvJOq+IVImzfsi DW3axgyqR8+J1PF3FKkFuSxcV3SCTDsxo9IFe7Pqc X-Archives-Salt: 8eb26986-f138-470f-825d-409a40f3a5c8 X-Archives-Hash: 072904fae4f99b447e090a27409a73ad 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: > > > [ 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 > 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 -- Happy Penguin Computers >') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ support@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. 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