On Tue, 09 Aug 2016, Daniel Klaffenbach <danielklaffenbach@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > which one is the correct DMC version to load for Linux 4.8-rc1? The > binary blob in linux-firmware.git is v1.26, which is also the latest > version available for download at the linuxgraphics website. > > Version 1.26 used to load just fine on Kernels 4.6 and 4.7. Commit > 4aa7fb9c introduced version pinning for v1.26 (both in > drm-intel-nightly and the current for-linux-next branch). Later an > older commit was pushed (a4a027a8), which lowered the > required DMC firmware to v1.23 again, without removing the > pinning. > > Now the situation is that v1.23 is pinned ATM, but v1.26 has been > released through linux-firmware.git and is being rolled out to end > users right now. > > What to do now? Is this a bug or a feature? You should use whichever version the kernel asks. The bug is that v1.23 was dropped from linux-firmware. We may later upgrade the firmware the kernel asks, and even backport said upgrade to stable kernels after ensuring it works. Rodrigo, please fix linux-firmware. BR, Jani. > > > Regards, > Dan > _______________________________________________ > Intel-gfx mailing list > Intel-gfx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx -- Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center _______________________________________________ Intel-gfx mailing list Intel-gfx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx
