----- Original Message ----- > On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 05:20:13AM -0400, David Airlie wrote: > > > > > I ran into this today: > > > https://gist.github.com/Brainiarc7/aa43570f512906e882ad6cdd835efe57 > > > > > > DRM firmware is loaded by default. HuC and GuC are not. Things work > > > without them, and things work with them loaded. So what's the pro/con > > > and if there's a pro, why isn't it the kernel default? Seems like if > > > it should be default, either upstream should set them as the default, > > > or the CPU/GPU should ask for it? > > > > I expect when upstream decided they are stable and useful enough, upstream > > will enable them. I'm not fully sure how useful they are, I think they > > might possibly enable lower power states, but also nasty bugs. > > The same upstream which did not release stable version of Xorg Intel driver > for past three years? ;-) > According to the link, the firmwares are needed for HDMI audio, which is > quite critical functionality. HDMI audio for older chipsets did not > require binary blobs, so this is kind of regression. That might be the reason why I had to blacklist the snd-hdmi-lpe-audio module on my system. Pulseaudio crashed trying to access the HDMI audio device. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
