On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Ken Moffat <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 07:26:43PM +0000, Ken Moffat wrote:
> >  Just to add to Bruce's answer, this is what I have on my A4
> > (Aruba):
> > CONFIG_PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD=y
> > # CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL is not set
> > CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="radeon/BTC_rlc.bin radeon/ARUBA_me.bin
> radeon/ARUBA_pfp.bin radeon/ARUBA_rlc.bin radeon/TAHITI_uvd.bin"
> > CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware"
> >
> >  This is the machine where I've had to add more firmware over its
> > life, ISTR that I did not initially need TAHITI.  Hence my initial
> > comment that it might take a few builds to get it all nailed down.
> >
>  Of course, now I have posted, I've thought a little more about
> this (while checking a slackware config.gz trying to work out what
> is wrong with my own cnfig for an LFS qemu guest).  I used to build
> the firmware in (stage one : find build options which let me use
> Xorg; stage two : do not change what works) and have obviously now
> moved away from that.
>
>  The CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE line is almost-certainly NOT required:
> just dump all the radeon firmware in /lib/firmware/radeon and let
> the kernel decide.
>
>  Apologies to people who have probably told me that over the past
> year, but I'm reluctant to break what worked.  Will try to schedule
> a build to check that.
>
> ĸen
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Cool and understood.  At the airport, but I will keep trying when done
flying.

Cheers!  ~PK
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