On 12/14/2011 06:21 PM, Alex Deucher wrote: > On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 12:12 PM, batouzo <batouzo@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 12/14/2011 05:40 PM, Alex Deucher wrote: >>> On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 11:32 AM, batouzo <batouzo@xxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> On 12/14/2011 03:10 PM, Alex Deucher wrote: >>>> >>>>>> Though, the 60 second delay may influence the rarity of hitting BUG (it >>>>>> was the case with netconsole's 60sec wait). >>>>>> Should I just remove loading of this firmware? >>>>>> >>>>> Make sure the ucode is available in your initrd or kernel image or >>>>> filesystem depending on how you are loading the driver. The driver >>>>> has much more limited functionality without the ucode (no acceleration >>>>> support, no interrupt support). You may not hit the bug at all due to >>>>> the reduced functionality. >>>> >>>> Actually, where is that file? Can't find CEDAR_pfp.bin or even any >>>> "*CEDAR*" in entire filesystem where I build the kernel. >>>> >>>> Also I tried CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y >>>> but it didn't helped, hm. >>>> >>> >>> You need to grab them from here: >>> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git >> >> Ok I see. >> >> Is there a pubkey signed version of that available, or what is the >> safe-download procedure (as with kernl.org .tar's + .sign for kernels)? >> > > You can download/compare with my tree: > http://people.freedesktop.org/~agd5f/radeon_ucode/ > > Alex > > >> _______________________________________________ >> dri-devel mailing list >> dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel Thanks. Is this firmware a closed source binary blob? Or open source, only uploaded to the card on init? Who develops it / where to get the source code, and how to build that file from sources? This means that entire firmeware of GFX card is flashed on bootup? Btw this is a form of virus protection you could say (or anyway such firmware is volatile and lost on reboot?) _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel
