On Monday 06 Feb 2017 17:11:30 Corbin Bird wrote: > On 02/06/2017 04:20 PM, Mick wrote: > > On Monday 06 Feb 2017 21:39:08 jdm wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> Just followed the amdgpu wiki guide to get my new graphics card up and > >> running. Excellent wiki guide and had no issues. Now running with > >> shiny graphics and throwing all that Steam has to offer at it. > >> > >> Many Thanks to the wiki authors. > >> > >> Will we always have to include binary blobs into the kernel for AMD > >> cards? This feels kind of odd for me so wondering if this will be > >> included as a package or a kernel driver at some point or what the > >> future direction is for AMD graphics with Linux. > >> > >> It may not be alien but not done this before so curious. > >> > >> John > > > > Invariably all modern CPUs, video cards, NICs, etc. are shipped with > > firmware which are usually emerged with sys-kernel/linux-firmware (or > > manually) and then loaded with an initrd, or by building them in the > > kernel. Regarding AMDGPUs please note the Wiki strings of firmware blobs > > are not 100% correct. I noticed dmesg was complaining about missing blobs > > on a Kaveri APU although I> > > had all the complete Kaveri string included in the kernel. I had to add: > > radeon/bonaire_uvd.bin radeon/BONAIRE_uvd.bin radeon/BONAIRE_vce.bin > > > > to keep it happy. > > > > BTW, for AMDGPUs you will also need to add CPU microcode blob strings. > > Please explain : "BTW, for AMDGPUs you will also need to add CPU > microcode blob strings."
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/AMD_microcode More recent CPUs may not yet have microcode updates available for them. Compare the before and after dmesg output to see if the patch level changes. HTH. -- Regards, Mick
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