Changeset b208f36 for x

Timestamp:

06/28/2013 01:51:02 PM (11 years ago)

Author:

Krejzi <krejzi@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 7.10, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

d8fe3e58

Parents:

77b4f398

Message:

Further fixups and explanations for the firmware in the ATI driver section.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@11332 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• x/installing/x7driver.xml (modified) (4 diffs)

x/installing/x7driver.xml

@@ -1154 +1154 @@
       <note>
         <para>
-          For Direct Rendering to work with newer Radeon Cards (r300 and later chipsets),
-          you will need to enable building of r300, r600 and radeonsi Gallium drivers in
-          <xref linkend="mesalib"/> instructions. Also, some cards will require Firmware
-          to be available when the kernel driver is loaded. Firmware can be obtained from
-          <ulink  url="http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/">
-          Linux Firmware</ulink>, either by cloning from
-          git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git
-          or by using a Linux Firmware source tarball from a distro. See "Kernel
-          Configuration for additional firmware" below.
+          For Direct Rendering to work with newer Radeon Cards (R300 and later chipsets),
+          you need to enable the r300, r600 and radeonsi Gallium drivers at
+          <xref linkend="mesalib"/> build time. Also, some cards require Firmware to be
+          available when the kernel driver is loaded. Firmware can be obtained from
+          <ulink url="http://people.freedesktop.org/~agd5f/radeon_ucode/">
+          this</ulink> site. See "Kernel Configuration for additional firmware" below.
         </para>
       </note>
@@ -1209 +1206 @@
       <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Optional</bridgehead>
       <para role="optional">
-        <xref linkend="glamor-egl"/> (This is <emphasis>required for "South Islands"
-        GPUs</emphasis> but optional for R300 to R700, Evergreen and "Northern Islands"
-        GPUs - see the link under "Glamor Acceleration" below.)
-      </para>
+        <xref linkend="glamor-egl"/>
+      </para>
+
+      <note>
+        <para>
+          This is <emphasis>required for "South Islands" GPUs</emphasis>
+          but optional for R300 to R700, Evergreen and "Northern Islands"
+          GPUs - see the link under "Glamor Acceleration" below.)
+        </para>
+      </note>
 
       <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
@@ -1222 +1225 @@
       <title>Kernel Configuration</title>
 
-    <para>
-      Enable the following options in the kernel configuration and recompile the
-      kernel if necessary:
-    </para>
+      <para>
+        Enable the following options in the kernel configuration and recompile the
+        kernel if necessary:
+      </para>
 
 <screen><literal>Device Drivers  ---&gt;
@@ -1239 +1242 @@
       <title>Kernel Configuration for additional firmware</title>
 
-    <para>
-      If you need to add firmware, install the file(s) and then point to them in the
-      kernel configuration and recompile the kernel if necessary, e.g. (for a specific
-      R600 with a specific network adaptor which also needs firmware) :
-    </para>
-
-<screen><literal>CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="radeon/R600_rlc.bin rtl_nic/rtl8168e-3.fw"
-CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware"
-</literal></screen>
+      <para>
+        If you need to add firmware, install the file(s) and then point to them in the
+        kernel configuration and recompile the kernel if necessary. To find out which
+        firmware you need, consult the <ulink url="&radeon-marketing-names;">
+        Decoder ring for engineering vs marketing names</ulink>. Download any firmware
+        for your card which is named like:
+        <filename><replaceable>&lt;ENGINEERING_NAME&gt;</replaceable>_rlc.bin</filename>,
+        etc. Note that for R600 and R700 family, generic
+        <filename>R600_rlc.bin</filename> and <filename>R700_rlc.bin</filename> are
+        necesary in adition to the model specific firmware, while for later generations
+        (Evergreen, "Northern Islands" and probably "Southern Islands") you need the
+        <filename>BTC_rlc.bin</filename> in adition to the model specific firmware.
+        Below is an example for Radeon HD6470, which is "Northern Islands" GPU with a
+        network card that also requires the firmware:
+      </para>
+
+<screen><literal>CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="radeon/BTC_rlc.bin radeon/CAICOS_mc.bin radeon/CAICOS_me.bin radeon/CAICOS_pfp.bin radeon/CAICOS_smc.bin rtl_nic/rtl8168e-3.fw"
+CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware"</literal></screen>
+
+      <tip>
+        <para>
+          You can check <command>dmesg</command> output after boot to see which firmware
+          is missing.
+        </para>
+      </tip>
 
       <indexterm zone="xorg-ati-driver xorg-ati-firmware-kernel">