Alex Dănilă wrote: > Hi, > > CONFIG_X86_PAT is not set my 2.6.30 (that's my best knowledge; I > looked at .config file in the build directory made by kpkg). Adding > nopat boot option has no effect with neither local 2.6.30-rc3, nor > 2.6.30-rc5 from repository.
nopat is useless if PAT is not enabled. > The firmware messages are like this (firmware-linux is installed): > > 2.6.30-rc3, locally compiled: > May 10 20:34:41 193-170-133-226 kernel: [ 50.086383] [drm] > Initialized radeon 1.29.0 20080528 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0 > May 10 20:34:42 193-170-133-226 kernel: [ 51.435494] [drm] Setting > GART location based on new memory map > May 10 20:34:42 193-170-133-226 kernel: [ 51.450724] [drm] Loading > RV620 CP Microcode > May 10 20:34:42 193-170-133-226 kernel: [ 51.451335] [drm] Loading > RV620 PFP Microcode > May 10 20:34:42 193-170-133-226 kernel: [ 51.466326] [drm] Resetting > GPU > May 10 20:34:42 193-170-133-226 kernel: [ 51.466388] [drm] writeback > test succeeded in 1 usecs The official 2.6.30 kernel contains the r600 firmware, it just works. > 2.6.30-rc5, repository: > May 10 20:29:00 193-170-133-226 kernel: [ 50.022763] [drm] > Initialized radeon 1.30.0 20080528 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0 > May 10 20:29:01 193-170-133-226 kernel: [ 51.166756] [drm] Setting > GART location based on new memory map > May 10 20:29:01 193-170-133-226 kernel: [ 51.167156] [drm] Loading > RV620 CP Microcode > May 10 20:29:01 193-170-133-226 kernel: [ 51.167165] platform > r600_cp.0: firmware: requesting radeon/RV620_cp.bin > May 10 20:29:01 193-170-133-226 kernel: [ 51.265546] r600_cp: Failed > to load firmware "radeon/RV620_cp.bin" > May 10 20:29:01 193-170-133-226 kernel: [ 51.265555] > [drm:r600_do_init_cp] *ERROR* Failed to load firmware! Debian's kernels exclude firmwares, that's why firmware-linux is needed. But firmware-linux hasn't been updated for 2.6.30 yet, so the r600 firmware is missing. You should either keep your own 2.6.30 kernel, or find an updated firmware-linux containing r600 (maybe the kernel guys have an experimental package). Brice -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org