Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:36:49 -0800 From: "Mark G." <fbsd.questions@palaceofretention.ca> To: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: AMDGPU panic: pkg upgrade -f not upgrading firmware at fault Message-ID: <fe5edfa2-4ae9-4bbe-a895-f67490d6534b@palaceofretention.ca>
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Upgrading from 14.3p6 to 15.0
=============================
Backup system/snapshot first.
Specs: AI/LLM test toy for ollama.
AMD 16 core threadripper 1950X 128GB RAM
NVMe x4 ZFS raidz1
AMD 7900XTX GPU 24GB VRAM
Foreshadow of important context: kld_list="amdgpu"
(at 14.3)
# freebsd-update fetch
# freebsd-update install
We are at the latest 14.3 patch level 6. Reboot for hygiene.
# freebsd-update -r 15.0-RELEASE upgrade
No errors
# freebsd-update install
Questions on pkg's /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf
gets merged into (I manually set it to use latest):
===
FreeBSD-ports: {
url: "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/latest",
mirror_type: "srv",
signature_type: "fingerprints",
fingerprints: "/usr/share/keys/pkg",
enabled: yes
}
FreeBSD-ports-kmods: {
url: "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/kmods_latest_${VERSION_MINOR}",
mirror_type: "srv",
signature_type: "fingerprints",
fingerprints: "/usr/share/keys/pkg",
enabled: yes
}
FreeBSD-base: {
url: "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/base_release_${VERSION_MINOR}",
mirror_type: "srv",
signature_type: "fingerprints",
fingerprints: "/usr/share/keys/pkgbase-${VERSION_MAJOR}",
enabled: no
}
===
Other merges: /etc/dma/auth.conf
Almost got wiped, I said no because it was replacing my configured
version with the three lines of comments, with no option to edit.
Make copies of /etc/dma/auth.conf -> /etc/dma/auth.conf.mine
Make copies of /etc/dma/dma.conf -> /etc/dma/dma.conf.mine
Choosing no at this merge completely halted the install phase,
so I had to restart:
# freebsd-update install
Redo pkg config merge, accept bad dma/auth.conf merge,
continue with install without further issues.
Reboot into new kernel. Note that there was no panic
at this time. I assume the attempt to kld_load the amdgpu
was refused as a kernel ABI mismatch, so didn't panic the
system.
Install base system/userland:
# freebsd-update install
Message about upgrading all ports, do so, but run pkg bootstrap first:
# pkg bootstrap -f
Succeeded
# pkg update
Succeeded
# pkg upgrade -f
Went through three iterations of proceed with the
installation for all ports and completed (eventually,
I was getting sub Mbps transfer rates (i.e. 500kbps)
for alot of files, on a Gbit connection. Overloaded
servers?).
Said completed successfully.
I see that drm-kmod was upgraded and drm-66-kmod was installed.
Reboot with this in rc.conf:
kld_list="amdgpu"
System loads into the boot process until the attempt
to kld_load amdgpu, whereon we get a panic. Did not
capture the panic message, sorry.
Boot into single user mode with /bin/sh.
# mount -u /
# vi /etc/rc.conf
comment out kld_load line, save.
Reboot, system boots without panic or graphics driver.
# freebsd-version -kur
15.0-RELEASE
15.0-RELEASE
15.0-RELEASE
Package Repos:
root@brain:/etc/dma # pkg repos
FreeBSD-ports: {
url : "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/latest",
enabled : yes,
priority : 0,
mirror_type : "SRV",
signature_type : "FINGERPRINTS",
fingerprints : "/usr/share/keys/pkg"
}
FreeBSD-ports-kmods: {
url : "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/kmods_latest_0",
enabled : yes,
priority : 0,
mirror_type : "SRV",
signature_type : "FINGERPRINTS",
fingerprints : "/usr/share/keys/pkg"
}
FreeBSD-base: {
url : "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/base_release_0",
enabled : no,
priority : 0,
mirror_type : "SRV",
signature_type : "FINGERPRINTS",
fingerprints : "/usr/share/keys/pkgbase-15"
}
Check what drm kmods we have:
root@brain:~ # pkg info -g drm*
drm-66-kmod-6.6.25.1500068_6
drm-kmod-20250428
Check what gpu-firmware kmods we have:
root@brain:~ # pkg info -g gpu-firm*
gpu-firmware-amd-kmod-aldebaran-20230625.1403000_2
gpu-firmware-amd-kmod-arcturus-20230625.1403000_2
...
gpu-firmware-radeon-kmod-turks-20220511.1403000
gpu-firmware-radeon-kmod-verde-20220511.1403000
===
Looks like they were all built for 14.3 and not upgraded
when the pkg upgrade -f command was run. Why not?
Remove the 1403000 gpu firmware modules.
root@brain:~ # pkg remove -g gpu-firm*
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
Deinstallation has been requested for the following 128 packages
(of 0 packages in the universe):
Installed packages to be REMOVED:
gpu-firmware-amd-kmod-aldebaran: 20230625.1403000_2
...
gpu-firmware-radeon-kmod-verde: 20220511.1403000
Number of packages to be removed: 128
The operation will free 106 MiB.
Proceed with deinstalling packages? [y/N]: y
[1/128] Deinstalling gpu-firmware-kmod-20241114,1...
...
[128/128] Deinstalling gpu-firmware-radeon-kmod-verde-20220511.1403000...
[128/128] Deleting files for gpu-firmware-radeon-kmod-verde-20220511.1403000: 100%
===
Remove drm-kmod and drm-66-kmod for good measure.
Reboot for hygeine.
System boots.
Reinstall drm-kmod:
===
root@brain:~ # pkg install drm-kmod
Updating FreeBSD-ports repository catalogue...
FreeBSD-ports repository is up to date.
Updating FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository catalogue...
FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
The following 130 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):
New packages to be INSTALLED:
drm-66-kmod: 6.6.25.1500068_6 [FreeBSD-ports]
drm-kmod: 20250428 [FreeBSD-ports]
gpu-firmware-amd-kmod-aldebaran: 20230625.1500068_2 [FreeBSD-ports]
...
gpu-firmware-radeon-kmod-verde: 20220511.1500068 [FreeBSD-ports]
Number of packages to be installed: 130
The process will require 123 MiB more space.
28 MiB to be downloaded.
Proceed with this action? [y/N]: y
[1/127] Fetching gpu-firmware-amd-kmod-psp-13-0-4-20230625
...
[127/127] Fetching gpu-firmware-amd-kmod-psp-13-0-11-20230625.1500068_2~01b2165a6b.pkg
...
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
[1/130] Installing drm-66-kmod-6.6.25.1500068_6...
[1/130] Extracting drm-66-kmod-6.6.25.1500068_6: 100%
[2/130] Installing gpu-firmware-amd-kmod-aldebaran-20230625.1500068_2
...
[129/130] Extracting gpu-firmware-kmod-20241114,1: 100%
[130/130] Installing drm-kmod-20250428...
[130/130] Extracting drm-kmod-20250428: 100%
=====
Message from drm-66-kmod-6.6.25.1500068_6:
...
For amdgpu: kld_list="amdgpu"
...
===
root@brain:~ # kldstat
Id Refs Address Size Name
1 83 0xffffffff80200000 1f4daa0 kernel
2 1 0xffffffff8214e000 620c10 zfs.ko
3 1 0xffffffff8276f000 8808 cryptodev.ko
4 1 0xffffffff82778000 1c708 geom_eli.ko
5 1 0xffffffff831f8000 3570 fdescfs.ko
6 1 0xffffffff831fc000 3390 acpi_wmi.ko
7 1 0xffffffff83200000 21e8 hcons.ko
8 3 0xffffffff83203000 30a8 hidmap.ko
9 1 0xffffffff83207000 21e8 hms.ko
10 1 0xffffffff8320a000 21e8 hsctrl.ko
11 1 0xffffffff8320d000 6210 ig4.ko
12 1 0xffffffff83214000 3220 intpm.ko
13 1 0xffffffff83218000 2178 smbus.ko
14 1 0xffffffff8321b000 32320 linux.ko
15 2 0xffffffff8324e000 6d98 mqueuefs.ko
16 4 0xffffffff83255000 ce68 linux_common.ko
17 1 0xffffffff83262000 2e3f0 linux64.ko
18 1 0xffffffff83291000 2278 pty.ko
19 1 0xffffffff83294000 73c0 linprocfs.ko
20 1 0xffffffff8329c000 440c linsysfs.ko
21 1 0xffffffff832a1000 2f5e0 if_wg.ko
Nothing about amdgpu in /boot/firmware
root@brain:~ # ls -la /boot/firmware/
total 7836
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 11 Dec 11 01:41 .
drwxr-xr-x 15 root wheel 73 Dec 11 14:29 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 918268 Dec 11 01:41 iwm3160fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1028032 Dec 11 01:41 iwm3168fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1049340 Dec 11 01:41 iwm7260fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1028316 Dec 11 01:41 iwm7265Dfw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1180412 Dec 11 01:41 iwm7265fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2120860 Dec 11 01:41 iwm8000C
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1811984 Dec 11 01:41 iwm8265fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2678284 Dec 11 01:41 iwm9000fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2678092 Dec 11 01:41 iwm9260fw
Manually load the driver:
root@brain:~ # kldload amdgpu
root@brain:~ #
No panic.
Uncomment the rc.conf kld_list entry and reboot.
Normal boot. Graphics loads.
Fix /etc/dma/auth.conf file.
Underlying problem on this system was the failure of
pkg upgrade -f to get the upgraded firmware files for
the drm-kmod dependencies. Retained 1403000 rather
than fetching 1500068 files.
Hope this helps someone.
Mark
P.S.
Output of fwget for interest's sake:
root@brain:~ # fwget -nv
Trying to match device 0x1539 in class network and vendor intel with pci_network_intel
Trying to match device 0x10fb in class network and vendor intel with pci_network_intel
Trying to match device 0x10fb in class network and vendor intel with pci_network_intel
Trying to match device 0x744c in class video and vendor amd with pci_video_amd
Needed firmware packages: 'gpu-firmware-amd-kmod-dcn-3-2-0
gpu-firmware-amd-kmod-gc-11-0-0
gpu-firmware-amd-kmod-psp-13-0-0
gpu-firmware-amd-kmod-sdma-6-0-0
gpu-firmware-amd-kmod-smu-13-0-0
gpu-firmware-amd-kmod-vcn-4-0-0'
help
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