From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?UTF-8?B?Q2hyaXN0aWFuIEvDtm5pZw==?= Subject: Re: [Regression v4.2] Re: [PATCH 7/9] drm/radeon: add VCE 1.0 support v4 Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 23:16:45 +0200 Message-ID: <55CBB7BD.3090105@vodafone.de> References: <1431374515-2042-1-git-send-email-deathsimple@vodafone.de> <1431374515-2042-7-git-send-email-deathsimple@vodafone.de> <1439445782.2230.8.camel@lynxeye.de> <55CC36A4.7080106@daenzer.net> <1439447768.2230.13.camel@lynxeye.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: Received: from pegasos-out.vodafone.de (pegasos-out.vodafone.de [80.84.1.38]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D6286E39C for ; Thu, 13 Aug 2015 02:31:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1439447768.2230.13.camel@lynxeye.de> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dri-devel-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org Sender: "dri-devel" To: Lucas Stach , =?UTF-8?B?TWljaGVsIETDpG56ZXI=?= Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org List-Id: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org T24gMTMuMDguMjAxNSAwODozNiwgTHVjYXMgU3RhY2ggd3JvdGU6Cj4gQW0gRG9ubmVyc3RhZywg ZGVuIDEzLjA4LjIwMTUsIDE1OjE4ICswOTAwIHNjaHJpZWIgTWljaGVsIETDpG56ZXI6Cj4+IE9u IDEzLjA4LjIwMTUgMTU6MDMsIEx1Y2FzIFN0YWNoIHdyb3RlOgo+Pj4gSGkgQ2hyaXN0aWFuLAo+ Pj4KPj4+IHRoaXMgY29tbWl0IGlzIGNhdXNpbmcgYSBib290IHJlZ3Jlc3Npb24gd2l0aCB2NC4y LXJjWCBvbiBteSBSaWNobGFuZAo+Pj4gQVBVIChDSElQX0FSVUJBKSBiYXNlZCBsYXB0b3AuIEkg ZGlkbid0IGhhdmUgdGltZSB5ZXQgdG8gdHJhY2sgZG93bgo+Pj4gd2hlcmUgZXhhY3RseSBpdCBp cyBnb2luZyB3cm9uZywgYnV0IEkgYmlzZWN0ZWQgaXQgZG93biB0byB0aGlzIHNpbmdsZQo+Pj4g Y29tbWl0Lgo+Pj4KPj4+IEkgZG9uJ3QgaGF2ZSB0aGUgVkNFIGZpcm13YXJlIGluc3RhbGxlZCBv biB0aGlzIHN5c3RlbSwgc28gZnJvbSBhIHF1aWNrCj4+PiBsb29rIGF0IHRoZSBjb2RlIEkgd291 bGQgZXhwZWN0IGl0IHRvIGRyb3Agb3V0IHByZXR0eSBlYXJseSBhbmQganVzdAo+Pj4gbGVhdmUg dGhlIFZDRSB1bmNvbmZpZ3VyZWQsIGJ1dCBvdGhlcndpc2Uga2VlcCB0aGluZ3Mgd29ya2luZyBh cyBiZWZvcmUuCj4+PiBUaGlzIGlzIHVuZm9ydHVuYXRlbHkgbm90IHRoZSBjYXNlLgo+PiBJZiB0 aGUgcmFkZW9uIGRyaXZlciBpcyBidWlsdCBpbnRvIHRoZSBrZXJuZWwgKG9yIGxvYWRlZCBmcm9t IHRoZQo+PiBpbml0cmQ/KSwgdGhlIGF0dGVtcHQgdG8gbG9hZCB0aGUgZmlybXdhcmUgbWlnaHQg dGFrZSBhIGxvbmcgdGltZSB0bwo+PiB0aW1lIG91dC4KPj4KPiBHYWguIFRoYW5rcywgSSB3YXMg dG9vIGltcGF0aWVudCB0byB3YWl0IGZvciB0aGUgZmlybXdhcmUgbG9hZGluZyB0bwo+IHRpbWUg b3V0LiBJbiBmYWN0IHRoaXMgaXMgYSBzdGFuZGFyZCBGZWRvcmEga2VybmVsIGNvbmZpZywgc28g cmFkZW9uIGlzCj4gYSBtb2R1bGUsIGJ1dCBpdCBpcyBidWlsdCBpbnRvIHRoZSBpbml0cmQuCj4K PiBTbyBpdCdzIG5vdCByZWFsbHkgcmVhZGVvbnMgZmF1bHQsIGJ1dCBvbmUgbW9yZSBpdGVyYXRp b24gb2YgdGhlIGZhY3QKPiB0aGF0IGFueXRoaW5nIGludm9sdmluZyBmaXJtd2FyZSBsb2FkaW5n IGlzIGp1c3QgaG9ycmlibHkgaW5jb252ZW5pZW50Lgo+IEVzcGVjaWFsbHkgaWYgaXQncyBmaXJt d2FyZSBmb3IgYW4gb3B0aW9uYWwgY29tcG9uZW50LgoKWWVhaCwgZXhhY3RseS4gVGhlIHRpbWVv dXQgZm9yIGxvYWRpbmcgdGhlIGZpcm13YXJlIGlzIHJlYWxseSBsb25nIG9uIApib3RoIHRoZSBz dGFuZGFyZCBGZWRvcmEgYXMgd2VsbCBhcyBVYnVudHUga2VybmVscy4gTm90IHN1cmUgaWYgdGhh dCdzIAp0aGUgZGVmYXVsdCBvciBqdXN0IHRoZWlyIGNvbmZpZ3VyYXRpb24uCgpXaGlsZSBpdCBk b2Vzbid0IGhhdmUgdGhlIGhpZ2hlc3QgcHJpb3JpdHkgZm9yIHVzIEkgdXN1YWxseSBzdGlsbCBk byAKdGVzdHMgaWYgd29ya2luZyB3aXRob3V0IGZpcm13YXJlIHN0aWxsIHdvcmtzIG9uY2Ugb3Ig dHdpY2UgZHVyaW5nIHRoZSAKdXBzdHJlYW1pbmcgcHJvY2Vzcy4gU28gaWYgeW91IHJlYWxseSBm aW5kIHRoYXQgdGhlIGJveCBkb2Vzbid0IHdvcmsgCndpdGhvdXQgdGhlIGZpcm13YXJlIGxlYXZl IG1lIGEgbm90ZSBhbmQgSSB3aWxsIGZpeCBpdC4KCkJlc3QgcmVnYXJkcywKQ2hyaXN0aWFuLgoK Pgo+IFJlZ2FyZHMsCj4gTHVjYXMKPgoKX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19f X19fX19fX19fX19fX18KZHJpLWRldmVsIG1haWxpbmcgbGlzdApkcmktZGV2ZWxAbGlzdHMuZnJl ZWRlc2t0b3Aub3JnCmh0dHA6Ly9saXN0cy5mcmVlZGVza3RvcC5vcmcvbWFpbG1hbi9saXN0aW5m by9kcmktZGV2ZWwK From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752012AbbHMJl2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Aug 2015 05:41:28 -0400 Received: from pegasos-out.vodafone.de ([80.84.1.38]:56129 "EHLO pegasos-out.vodafone.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750912AbbHMJl0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Aug 2015 05:41:26 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 575 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2015 05:41:26 EDT X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 1.25 Authentication-Results: rohrpostix2.prod.vfnet.de (amavisd-new); dkim=pass header.i=@vodafone.de X-DKIM: OpenDKIM Filter v2.6.8 pegasos-out.vodafone.de D8B4119B27B Message-ID: <55CBB7BD.3090105@vodafone.de> Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 23:16:45 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?Q2hyaXN0aWFuIEvDtm5pZw==?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Lucas Stach , =?UTF-8?B?TWljaGVsIETDpG56ZXI=?= CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org Subject: Re: [Regression v4.2] Re: [PATCH 7/9] drm/radeon: add VCE 1.0 support v4 References: <1431374515-2042-1-git-send-email-deathsimple@vodafone.de> <1431374515-2042-7-git-send-email-deathsimple@vodafone.de> <1439445782.2230.8.camel@lynxeye.de> <55CC36A4.7080106@daenzer.net> <1439447768.2230.13.camel@lynxeye.de> In-Reply-To: <1439447768.2230.13.camel@lynxeye.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 13.08.2015 08:36, Lucas Stach wrote: > Am Donnerstag, den 13.08.2015, 15:18 +0900 schrieb Michel Dänzer: >> On 13.08.2015 15:03, Lucas Stach wrote: >>> Hi Christian, >>> >>> this commit is causing a boot regression with v4.2-rcX on my Richland >>> APU (CHIP_ARUBA) based laptop. I didn't have time yet to track down >>> where exactly it is going wrong, but I bisected it down to this single >>> commit. >>> >>> I don't have the VCE firmware installed on this system, so from a quick >>> look at the code I would expect it to drop out pretty early and just >>> leave the VCE unconfigured, but otherwise keep things working as before. >>> This is unfortunately not the case. >> If the radeon driver is built into the kernel (or loaded from the >> initrd?), the attempt to load the firmware might take a long time to >> time out. >> > Gah. Thanks, I was too impatient to wait for the firmware loading to > time out. In fact this is a standard Fedora kernel config, so radeon is > a module, but it is built into the initrd. > > So it's not really readeons fault, but one more iteration of the fact > that anything involving firmware loading is just horribly inconvenient. > Especially if it's firmware for an optional component. Yeah, exactly. The timeout for loading the firmware is really long on both the standard Fedora as well as Ubuntu kernels. Not sure if that's the default or just their configuration. While it doesn't have the highest priority for us I usually still do tests if working without firmware still works once or twice during the upstreaming process. So if you really find that the box doesn't work without the firmware leave me a note and I will fix it. Best regards, Christian. > > Regards, > Lucas >