Fw: Re: [ANNOUNCE] xf86-video-ati 6.9.0.91 - release candidate

[Gene Heskett]

On Wednesday 24 December 2008, Dave Airlie wrote:
[...]

>> I found the one in xf86-video-radeonhd-1.2.4, and copied it to the src
>> tree beside the other .h files, and it built, and I've installed it and
>> running it, although not much is changed.  glxgears is still moping along
>> at about 875 fps, and glxinfo says no drm?dri.
>>
>> But now this exposes a new problem I don't recall in these exact words,
>> when I do a startx, it cannot load the kernel radeon module
>> (this from the Xorg.0.log)

Any comment on this?

>> (WW) RADEON(0): Direct rendering for RN50/RS600/R600 forced on -- This is
>> NOT officially supported at the hardware level and may cause instability
>> or lockups
>> drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
>> drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
>> drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
>> drmOpenDevice: Open failed
>> [drm] failed to load kernel module "radeon"
>> (EE) RADEON(0): [dri] RADEONDRIGetVersion failed to open the DRM
>> [dri] Disabling DRI.
>>
>> So, just for giggles:
>>
>> [root at coyote ~]# modprobe radeon
>> WARNING: Error inserting drm
>> (/lib/modules/2.6.28-rc9/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/drm.ko): Invalid argument
>> FATAL: Error inserting radeon
>> (/lib/modules/2.6.28-rc9/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon.ko): Invalid
>> argument
>>
>> I can also recall not too far back in the 2.6.28-rc cycle, seeing dmesg
>> reporting that the firmware for the card had been loaded from
>> the /lib/firmware/radeon directory, but that appears to be on the missing
>> list too for an rcN or 2.  The firmware is there from previous kernel
>> builds, but is no longer being installed by this line of my "./makeit"
>> script:
>>
>> make firmware_install && \
>>
>> Which tells me something has changed in the Makefiles or .config's.
>>
>> How important is this firmware for the health & well being of an
>> HD2400-Pro (rv610) card?
>>
>> From the .config that built this kernel:
>>
>> [root at coyote linux-2.6.28-rc9]# grep FIRMWARE .config
>> # CONFIG_PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD is not set
>> # CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL is not set
>> CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="radeon/R100_cp.bin.ihex  radeon/R200_cp.bin.ihex
>> radeon/R300_cp.bin.ihex  radeon/R420_cp.bin.ihex  radeon/R520_cp.bin.ihex
>> radeon/RS600_cp.bin.ihex  radeon/RS690_cp.bin.ihex"
>> CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="firmware"
>> # CONFIG_DVB_AV7110_FIRMWARE is not set
>> # CONFIG_FIRMWARE_EDID is not set
>> CONFIG_FIRMWARE_MEMMAP=y
>>
>> And:
>>
>> [root at coyote linux-2.6.28-rc9]# grep DRM .config
>> CONFIG_DRM=m
>> # CONFIG_DRM_TDFX is not set
>> # CONFIG_DRM_R128 is not set
>> CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=m
>> # CONFIG_DRM_MGA is not set
>> # CONFIG_DRM_SIS is not set
>> # CONFIG_DRM_VIA is not set
>> # CONFIG_DRM_SAVAGE is not set
>>
>> Also:
>>
>> [root at coyote linux-2.6.28-rc9]# grep RADEON .config
>> CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=m
>> CONFIG_FB_RADEON=m
>> CONFIG_FB_RADEON_I2C=y
>> CONFIG_FB_RADEON_BACKLIGHT=y
>> CONFIG_FB_RADEON_DEBUG=y
>>
>>
>> I've been poking around in my logs, but they apparently don't go back far
>> enough to have the radeon firmware loading report else I'd quote that and
>> when it worked for what kernel version.
>>
>> Can you see anything obviously wrong?  Or suggest a fix?
>>
Thanks Dave & Merry Christmas.

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