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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 'firmware_install' won't on 4.14.7-gentoo
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On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 12:39 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.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.