Re: kernel panics when GPU firmware is missing

2025-09-22 Thread Robert Swindells
Edgar Fuß wrote: > Is it unavoidable that the kernel panics when I have a DRM driver configured > but the GPU firmware is missing? Couldn't it just fail to attach the device? The panic is usually because there isn't a console device, not from the DRM code itself. What is in the dmesg?

Re: kernel panics when GPU firmware is missing

2025-09-22 Thread Edgar Fuß
> The panic is usually because there isn't a console device, not from the > DRM code itself. I dimly recall both a backtrace with openat() (but that may have been on -8) as well as a "no console" message. > What is in the dmesg? Hard to tell without a working console. I only had 24 lines and tryi

kernel panics when GPU firmware is missing

2025-09-22 Thread Edgar Fuß
After I've been bitten by this for the second time: Is it unavoidable that the kernel panics when I have a DRM driver configured but the GPU firmware is missing? Couldn't it just fail to attach the device?