On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 12:02 PM, Bruce Dubbs <[email protected]> wrote:
> Patrick Kennedy wrote: > >> On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 7:28 PM, Ken Moffat <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 05:43:29PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >>> >>>> Patrick Kennedy wrote: >>>> >>>>> In fact, I did recompile my kernel for the "Xorg ATI Driver-7.3.0". >>>>> >>>> When >>> >>>> the system boots up, you can see a boot message complaining about not >>>>> having the fireware for the Radeon video driver. The problem is, the >>>>> >>>> web >>> >>>> page for Radeon firmware ( >>>>> >>>> http://people.freedesktop.org/~agd5f/radeon_ucode/) >>> >>>> has names like Aruba and Hawaii, et al. >>>>> >>>>> And I've got a Dell Vostro 3450 that ran Ubuntu when first purchased. >>>>> >>>> So, >>> >>>> it's hard to know what firmware is required. >>>>> >>>>> Anyways, definitely learning lots with LFS and BLFS. But it should >>>>> >>>> would >>> >>>> be cool to get X Window up. >>>>> >>>> >>>> http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Radeon#Firmware >>>> https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/firmware-linux-nonfree >>>> >>>> may be helpful. I didn't see a 6600M though. Try lspci -v for details. >>>> >>>> -- Bruce >>>> >>>> >>>> For me, google suggests it is an HD6630, which is apparently a >>> hybrid graphic driver. I guess that might mean the server needs >>> the prime support patch, but that is _only_ a guess. >>> >>> Based on >>> https://packages.debian.org/squeeze-backports/firmware-linux-nonfree >>> I would try the set of TURKS files. Actually, for installing I >>> would probably try dumping *all* the radeon firmware ins >>> /usr/lib/firmware, point the kernel to it, and then start by adding >>> all the TURKS files, build and boot the new kernel, review, and if >>> necessary repeat with additional or different firmware (depending on >>> what the dmesg or messages during the boot say). So, do not throw >>> away the kernel tree between builds, making a small change should be >>> much faster on an already compiled kernel tree. >>> >>> ĸen >>> -- >>> Nanny Ogg usually went to bed early. After all, she was an old lady. >>> Sometimes she went to bed as early as 6 a.m. >>> -- >>> http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support >>> FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html >>> Unsubscribe: See the above information page >>> >>> >>> Okay, so I downloaded TURKS_mc.bin, TURKS_me.bin, TURKS_pfp.bin, and >> TURKS_smc.bin. >> >> I added radeon directory to /lib/firmware, and copied the TURKS files into >> /lib/firmware/radeon. >> >> I then tweaked the kernel as follows: >> >> Device Drivers ---> >> Generic Driver Options ---> >> -*- Userspace firmware loading support >> [*] Include in-kernel firmware blobs in kernel binary >> > > I do not recommend this. Just let the kernel load from /lib/firmware at > boot time. What if you want to upgrade the firmware? You'll have to > rebuild the kernel. That gives you less flexibility. > > (radeon/TURKS_mc.bin radeon/TURKS_me.bin radeon/TURKS_pfp.bin >> radeon/TURKS_smc.bin) >> (/lib/firmware) Firmware blobs root directory >> > > I noticed this: >> >> Device Drivers --> >> Graphics Drivers Options --> >> [*] Prevent firmware from being built >> >> Soooo, I unchecked this: [ ] Prevent firmware from being built >> > > The point is that you can not build the firmware. You do not have the > source. > > -- Bruce > > > -- > http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > Oh, I see. Now I understand. Thanks for the insight!
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