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Re: Updates: warnings about missing firmware for amdgpu

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The Wanderer composed on 2026-05-08 16:16 (UTC-0400):

> ...all of these appear to be present in the firmware-amd-graphics
> package, at least in the version I have installed. It's version
> 20251111-1 , which is between current stable and current testing; I
> probably got it from testing and a newer version has become available in
> testing since that point.
 
> Do you have that package installed? If yes, at what version, and with
> what (relative to this area) contents?

# inxi -S
System:
  Host: gx78b Kernel: 6.1.0-45-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64
  Console: pty pts/0 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
# dpkg-query -l | grep firmware
ii  alsa-firmware-loaders 1.2.5-3    amd64 ALSA software loaders for specific hardware
ii  firmware-amd-graphics 20230210-5 all   Binary firmware for AMD/ATI graphics chips
ii  firmware-linux-free   20200122-1 all   Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel
ii  firmware-sof-signed   2.2.4-1    all   Intel SOF firmware - signed
# dpkg-query -L firmware-amd-graphics | grep .bin | wc -l
778
# dpkg-query -L firmware-linux-free | grep .bin | wc -l
6
#

>> This is just an example. It happens with Intel and NVidia GPUs as well, and older
>> (pre-AMD Radeon) GPUs, and in Trixie if dracut hasn't replaced initramfs-tools.
 
> I think that would be expected, as long as the amdgpu module is being
> included in the initramfs that's being built. Which would be a little
> bit surprising for one targeting a system without an AMD graphics
> device, but only a little, since including that module helps ensure the
> same initramfs can work if you swap out your GPU between one boot and
> the next.
 
Not supposed to happen here:
# grep ULES= /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
MODULES=dep
#
I like my initrds small, like the rest of each installation. :)
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Felix Miata

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Updates: warnings about missing firmware for amdgpu Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2026-05-03 16:00 +0200
  Re: Updates: warnings about missing firmware for amdgpu Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2026-05-03 16:40 +0200
    Re: Updates: warnings about missing firmware for amdgpu Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2026-05-03 17:20 +0200
      Re: Updates: warnings about missing firmware for amdgpu Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2026-05-03 17:30 +0200
        Re: Updates: warnings about missing firmware for amdgpu Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2026-05-03 18:20 +0200
      Re: Updates: warnings about missing firmware for amdgpu Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2026-05-03 19:20 +0200
    Re: Updates: warnings about missing firmware for amdgpu Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2026-05-03 17:20 +0200
    Re: Updates: warnings about missing firmware for amdgpu Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2026-05-08 20:30 +0200
      Re: Updates: warnings about missing firmware for amdgpu Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2026-05-08 20:50 +0200
      Re: Updates: warnings about missing firmware for amdgpu The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2026-05-08 22:20 +0200
        Re: Updates: warnings about missing firmware for amdgpu Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2026-05-09 00:20 +0200
  Re: Updates: warnings about missing firmware for amdgpu Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2026-05-03 20:00 +0200
    Re: Updates: warnings about missing firmware for amdgpu Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2026-05-06 14:20 +0200

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