Bug#843061: radeon/hawaii_k_smc.bin fails to load with 4.8 kernel

[Ferdinand Pöll]

I also have this problem, but with an AMD Radeon R9 270X (Curacao XT, which is 
a Pitcairn refresh). It also happens with any of the 4.9 kernels from 
experimental, and doesn‘t happen on the newest 4.7. I can still ssh on the 
affected PC. 

My journalctl shows me the following messages: 
Nov 18 16:52:57 fp-pc kernel: [drm] radeon: 4096M of VRAM memory ready
Nov 18 16:52:57 fp-pc kernel: [drm] radeon: 2048M of GTT memory ready.
Nov 18 16:52:57 fp-pc kernel: [drm] Loading pitcairn Microcode
Nov 18 16:52:57 fp-pc kernel: radeon :01:00.0: firmware: direct-loading 
firmware radeon/pitcairn_pfp.bin
Nov 18 16:52:57 fp-pc kernel: radeon :01:00.0: firmware: direct-loading 
firmware radeon/pitcairn_me.bin
Nov 18 16:52:57 fp-pc kernel: radeon :01:00.0: firmware: direct-loading 
firmware radeon/pitcairn_ce.bin
Nov 18 16:52:57 fp-pc kernel: radeon :01:00.0: firmware: direct-loading 
firmware radeon/pitcairn_rlc.bin
Nov 18 16:52:57 fp-pc kernel: radeon :01:00.0: firmware: direct-loading 
firmware radeon/pitcairn_mc.bin
Nov 18 16:52:57 fp-pc kernel: radeon :01:00.0: firmware: failed to load 
radeon/pitcairn_k_smc.bin (-2)
Nov 18 16:52:57 fp-pc kernel: radeon :01:00.0: Direct firmware load for 
radeon/pitcairn_k_smc.bin failed with error -2
Nov 18 16:52:57 fp-pc kernel: radeon :01:00.0: firmware: direct-loading 
firmware radeon/PITCAIRN_smc.bin
Nov 18 16:52:57 fp-pc kernel: si_fw: mixing new and old firmware!
Nov 18 16:52:57 fp-pc kernel: [drm:si_init [radeon]] *ERROR* Failed to load 
firmware!
Nov 18 16:52:57 fp-pc kernel: radeon :01:00.0: Fatal error during GPU init
Nov 18 16:52:57 fp-pc kernel: [drm] radeon: finishing device.

The last message I see on the connected screen is: 
kernel: fb: switching to radeondrmfb from simple

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Bug#843061: radeon/hawaii_k_smc.bin fails to load with 4.8 kernel

[martin f krafft]

Package: firmware-amd-graphics
Version: 20160824-1
Severity: normal

Booting a 4.8 kernel results in the following messages (and non-working X.org),
while booting a 4.7 kernel works just fine:

  kernel: [   38.874663] radeon :06:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware 
radeon/hawaii_ce.bin
  kernel: [   38.875522] radeon :06:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware 
radeon/hawaii_mec.bin
  kernel: [   38.876165] radeon :06:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware 
radeon/hawaii_rlc.bin
  kernel: [   38.877010] radeon :06:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware 
radeon/hawaii_sdma.bin
  kernel: [   38.877767] radeon :06:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware 
radeon/hawaii_mc.bin
  kernel: [   38.877786] radeon :06:00.0: firmware: failed to load 
radeon/hawaii_k_smc.bin (-2)
  kernel: [   38.877787] radeon :06:00.0: Direct firmware load for 
radeon/hawaii_k_smc.bin failed with error -2
  kernel: [   38.883896] radeon :06:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware 
radeon/HAWAII_smc.bin
  kernel: [   38.883900] ci_fw: mixing new and old firmware!
  kernel: [   38.884032] [drm:cik_init [radeon]] *ERROR* Failed to load 
firmware!

I suppose this either means a faulty module, or simply outdated
firmware?

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.7.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_NZ, LC_CTYPE=en_NZ.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

firmware-amd-graphics depends on no packages.

firmware-amd-graphics recommends no packages.

Versions of packages firmware-amd-graphics suggests:
ii  initramfs-tools  0.125

-- no debconf information


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