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Date:      Wed, 29 Aug 2018 19:25:23 +0700
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@nsu.ru>
To:        Niclas Zeising <zeising+freebsd@daemonic.se>
Cc:        x11@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: drm2 deprecation in base: problems with gpu-firmware-kmod port
Message-ID:  <20180829122523.GA82936@regency.nsu.ru>
In-Reply-To: <f89b03ac-334f-64ad-dfbe-f5056032f91e@daemonic.se>
References:  <20180829120935.GA79911@regency.nsu.ru> <f89b03ac-334f-64ad-dfbe-f5056032f91e@daemonic.se>

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On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 01:55:50PM +0200, Niclas Zeising wrote:
> On 08/29/18 14:09, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> >...
> >I have this file with the previous kernel (when it all was in the base):
> >
> >   /boot/kernel.june/radeonkmsfw_RV710_pfp.ko (11908 bytes).
> >
> >With the drm2/firmware bits served from ports, the name is different:
> >
> >   $ pkg info -l gpu-firmware-kmod | grep RV710_pfp
> >         /boot/modules/radeon_RV710_pfp_bin.ko
> >
> >File size is also different: 10428 bytes.  How shall I proceed from this
> >point to get things back in working order?  Thanks,
> 
> The size difference is probably due to the firmware having been updated.
> I have to check this though, to be sure.
> 
> What happens if you rename the new firmware (the one currently in
> /boot/modules/) to the old name?  Does everything load fine then?

No, but the error message gets a bit different:

  -radeonkmsfw_RV710_pfp: could not load firmware image, error 2
  +radeonkmsfw_RV710_pfp: firmware image loaded, but did not register

./danfe



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