On Tuesday 07 Feb 2017 06:34:43 Mick wrote: > 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
He'd be better off with https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/AMDGPU . That page didn't exist when I was setting this up, so I had to go through a series of lookups to find that my device is a Tonga, but that route seems not to work any more. > 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. That's true. Corbin, if you can't find your chipset, come back here and I'll see if I can help. -- Regards Peter
