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| Started by | Gary Dale <gary@extremeground.com> |
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| First post | 2020-10-17 15:40 +0200 |
| Last post | 2020-10-17 15:50 +0200 |
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apt, update-iinitramfs - amdgpu firmware warning messages Gary Dale <gary@extremeground.com> - 2020-10-17 15:40 +0200
Re: apt, update-iinitramfs - amdgpu firmware warning messages Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-10-17 15:50 +0200
| From | Gary Dale <gary@extremeground.com> |
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| Date | 2020-10-17 15:40 +0200 |
| Subject | apt, update-iinitramfs - amdgpu firmware warning messages |
| Message-ID | <B0UBb-2z3-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
I'm running Bullseye on an AMD64 system with an older AMD HD7850 video card. I keep getting these messages from update-initramfs during my daily apt update && apt full-upgrade: W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/arcturus_gpu_info.bin for module amdgpu W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/arcturus_ta.bin for module amdgpu W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/arcturus_asd.bin for module amdgpu W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/arcturus_sos.bin for module amdgpu W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/arcturus_rlc.bin for module amdgpu W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/arcturus_mec2.bin for module amdgpu W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/arcturus_mec.bin for module amdgpu W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/arcturus_sdma.bin for module amdgpu W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/navi10_mes.bin for module amdgpu W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/arcturus_vcn.bin for module amdgpu W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/arcturus_smc.bin for module amdgpu Apparently this refers to a current or future AMD GPU and has nothing to do with my 8 year old card. I can't actually find any mention of Arcturus firmware in the Debian packages pages so it may be that the firmware hasn't made it into a package yet. It also looks to me like something recognizes that Arcturus GPUs exist but doesn't notice that my system doesn't have one or that the firmware may not exist. I gather that update-initramfs is trying to throw everything in that may be needed should I change hardware, but am I expecting too much from it to not throw up spurious warnings like this?
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| From | Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> |
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| Date | 2020-10-17 15:50 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <B0UKR-2Co-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #227908 |
Hi. On Sat, Oct 17, 2020 at 09:35:54AM -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > I gather that update-initramfs is trying to throw everything in that > may be needed should I change hardware, but am I expecting too much > from it to not throw up spurious warnings like this? While putting a kernel module into initramfs, update-initramfs merely checks the "firmware" section of a kernel module via "modinfo". So if the kernel module amdgpu lists 265 firmware blobs - update-initramfs tries to put them along with the module. And the possible hardware change has nothing to do with it, it's rather the quality of amdgpu that does. In the ideal world all these blobs would be packaged in Debian, but it's not the case as of stable. Obviously, if your hardware is working for you, these update-initramfs warnings can be ignored. Reco
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