As I suggested a while back, radeon really doesn't work without firmware on some chips.
Ben. -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Gregs git-bot <g...@kroah.com> To: g...@kroah.com, sta...@vger.kernel.org Subject: Patch Upstream: drm/radeon/kms: bail on BTC parts if MC ucode is missing Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2012 13:20:53 -0500 (EST) commit: 77e00f2ea94abee1ad13bdfde19cf7aa25992b0e From: Alex Deucher <alexander.deuc...@amd.com> Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:58:17 -0500 Subject: drm/radeon/kms: bail on BTC parts if MC ucode is missing We already do this for cayman, need to also do it for BTC parts. The default memory and voltage setup is not adequate for advanced operation. Continuing will result in an unusable display. Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deuc...@amd.com> Cc: sta...@kernel.org Cc: Jean Delvare <kh...@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Dave Airlie <airl...@redhat.com> --- drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen.c | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen.c index 5e00d16..92c9628 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen.c @@ -3276,6 +3276,18 @@ int evergreen_init(struct radeon_device *rdev) rdev->accel_working = false; } } + + /* Don't start up if the MC ucode is missing on BTC parts. + * The default clocks and voltages before the MC ucode + * is loaded are not suffient for advanced operations. + */ + if (ASIC_IS_DCE5(rdev)) { + if (!rdev->mc_fw && !(rdev->flags & RADEON_IS_IGP)) { + DRM_ERROR("radeon: MC ucode required for NI+.\n"); + return -EINVAL; + } + } + return 0; } -- 1.7.3.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- Ben Hutchings All the simple programs have been written, and all the good names taken.
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