From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: bugzilla-daemon@freedesktop.org Subject: [Bug 82588] X fails to start with linus-tip or drm-next Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 22:05:00 +0000 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0279785602==" Return-path: Received: from culpepper.freedesktop.org (unknown [131.252.210.165]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 153866E3BD for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 15:05:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: 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 --===============0279785602== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="1410818700.dcDf1.8244"; charset="us-ascii" --1410818700.dcDf1.8244 Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 22:05:00 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=82588 --- Comment #20 from Alex Deucher --- (In reply to comment #19) > > So is it bad to use 3.16.2 and 3.17-rc5 because every kernel installs his > firmware files to the same directory and overwrites the other one's? > > The kernel installs the firmware with most of the filenames of r(v)+numbers > in /lib/firmware/radeon/ . > > And the gentoo package "x11-drivers/radeon-ucode-20140823" installs the > files with the chip codenames and some numbered files which are not > installed by the kernel in the same dir. > > So much from me now for more confusion. The firmware is not shipped with the kernel. It's packaged separately. The firmware for your card has not changed in years so it's not likely to the same issue. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. --1410818700.dcDf1.8244 Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 22:05:00 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8"

Comment # 20 on bug 82588 from 
(In reply to comment #19)
> 
> So is it bad to use 3.16.2 and 3.17-rc5 because every kernel installs his
> firmware files to the same directory and overwrites the other one's?
> 
> The kernel installs the firmware with most of the filenames of r(v)+numbers
> in /lib/firmware/radeon/ .
> 
> And the gentoo package "x11-drivers/radeon-ucode-20140823" installs the
> files with the chip codenames and some numbered files which are not
> installed by the kernel in the same dir.
> 
> So much from me now for more confusion.

The firmware is not shipped with the kernel.  It's packaged separately.  The
firmware for your card has not changed in years so it's not likely to the same
issue.

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