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Bug#905089: Acknowledgement (linux-image-4.17.0-1-amd64/amdgpu: not loading firmware with polaris11)

From Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Newsgroups linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject Bug#905089: Acknowledgement (linux-image-4.17.0-1-amd64/amdgpu: not loading firmware with polaris11)
Date 2018-08-17 21:20 +0200
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On Thu, 2018-08-16 at 22:26 +0900, K.Ohta wrote:
> Package: linux-image-4.17.0-1-amd64
> Additional information:
> 
> I found below issue with recent Debian's official kernel package:
> 
> When building initramfs, for Debian's recent official kernel package
> located firmwares to /usr/lib/firmware and symlink /usr/lib to /lib.
> But, kernel wants to read firmwares from /lib , *and initial phase of 
> kernel (maybe vmlinuz) don't understand symlink*.

The firmware loader doesn't have a problem with symlinks.

> So, amdgpu kernel module fails to read firmwares.

I can't reproduce the problem here (using a Radeon RX550 card).

> But,with homebrew kernel package (from vanilla and did "make deb-pkg"),
> building initramfs, firmwares are located /lib/firmware directly.

Whether you install an official Debian kernel package or a custom
package built with make deb-pkg, initramfs-tools (by default) builds
the initramfs for it.  And it makes /usr/lib a symlink now.

> I strange to understand why /lib/firmware moved to /usr/lib/firmware :-(
> PLEASE FIX ASAP.

This change is mentioned in the initramfs-tools changelog:

  * [71f5d61] mkinitramfs: Create usr-merged filesystem layout
    (Closes: #874523)

and you can read that bug report yourself.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
It is impossible to make anything foolproof
because fools are so ingenious.


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Bug#905089: linux-image-4.17.0-1-amd64/amdgpu: not loading firmware with polaris11 Kyuma Ohta <whatisthis.sowhat@gmail.com> - 2018-07-31 09:50 +0200
  Bug#905089: Acknowledgement (linux-image-4.17.0-1-amd64/amdgpu: not loading firmware with polaris11) "K.Ohta" <whatisthis.sowhat@gmail.com> - 2018-08-16 15:40 +0200
    Bug#905089: Acknowledgement (linux-image-4.17.0-1-amd64/amdgpu: not loading firmware with polaris11) Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2018-08-17 21:20 +0200
  Processed: Re: Bug#905089: Acknowledgement (linux-image-4.17.0-1-amd64/amdgpu:  not loading firmware with polaris11) "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2018-08-17 21:20 +0200
  Bug#905089: marked as done (linux-image-4.17.0-1-amd64/amdgpu:  not loading firmware with polaris11) "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2018-08-27 16:30 +0200

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