From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: bugzilla-daemon@freedesktop.org Subject: [Bug 107168] Allow to load firmware during run-time (after initialization) Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2018 15:49:26 +0000 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0337239252==" Return-path: Received: from culpepper.freedesktop.org (culpepper.freedesktop.org [IPv6:2610:10:20:722:a800:ff:fe98:4b55]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6AC66E485 for ; Mon, 9 Jul 2018 15:49:26 +0000 (UTC) List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dri-devel-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org Sender: "dri-devel" To: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org List-Id: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org --===============0337239252== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="15311513661.875a0DCFC.7102" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --15311513661.875a0DCFC.7102 Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2018 15:49:26 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bugzilla-URL: http://bugs.freedesktop.org/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D107168 Bug ID: 107168 Summary: Allow to load firmware during run-time (after initialization) Product: DRI Version: DRI git Hardware: Other OS: All Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: medium Component: DRM/Radeon Assignee: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org Reporter: pmenzel+bugs.freedesktop@molgen.mpg.de Building the radeon driver into the Linux kernel, that means not as a modul= e, *without* an initrd image, the firmware is not loaded. The firmware is present on the filesystem in `/lib/firmware/`, but it has n= ot been mounted yet. The firmware can be added using `EXTRA_FIRMWARE`, but that makes it difficu= lt if the Linux kernel should be shared between different systems using differ= ent hardware generations. (The best solution would be to not require firmware at all.) It=E2=80=99d be great if the driver supported to load firmware after the in= itialization phase. --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.= --15311513661.875a0DCFC.7102 Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2018 15:49:26 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bugzilla-URL: http://bugs.freedesktop.org/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated
Bug ID 107168
Summary Allow to load firmware during run-time (after initialization)
Product DRI
Version DRI git
Hardware Other
OS All
Status NEW
Severity normal
Priority medium
Component DRM/Radeon
Assignee dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
Reporter pmenzel+bugs.freedesktop@molgen.mpg.de 

Building the radeon driver into the Linux kernel, that means n=
ot as a module,
*without* an initrd image, the firmware is not loaded.

The firmware is present on the filesystem in `/lib/firmware/`, but it has n=
ot
been mounted yet.

The firmware can be added using `EXTRA_FIRMWARE`, but that makes it difficu=
lt
if the Linux kernel should be shared between different systems using differ=
ent
hardware generations.

(The best solution would be to not require firmware at all.)

It=E2=80=99d be great if the driver supported to load firmware after the in=
itialization
phase.

You are receiving this mail because:
  • You are the assignee for the bug.
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