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.li...@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
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