<div dir="auto"><img src="cid:ii_19763e66e9b3b84fd081" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><br>i added debug option and this is where to stuck</div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 30, 2025, 23:29 Alex Deucher <<a href="mailto:alexdeucher@gmail.com">alexdeucher@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Thu, May 22, 2025 at 11:10 AM Durmuş <<a href="mailto:dozaltay@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">dozaltay@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hello,<br>
><br>
> I'm experiencing a critical issue on my system with an AMD RX 470 GPU.<br>
> When booting with recent kernel versions (6.7.x or newer), the system<br>
> fails to boot properly unless I explicitly disable Dynamic Power<br>
> Management (DPM) via the `amdgpu.dpm=0` kernel parameter.<br>
><br>
> When DPM is enabled (`amdgpu.dpm=1` or omitted, since it's the<br>
> default), the system either freezes during early boot or fails to<br>
> initialize the display. However, using the LTS kernel (6.6.x),<br>
> everything works as expected with DPM enabled.<br>
<br>
Are you still having an issue with newer kernels? E.g., 6.14 or 6.15?<br>
I haven't seen any problems with polaris boards here. If 6.6.x<br>
works, but 6.7 does not, can you bisect?<br>
<br>
Alex<br>
<br>
><br>
> This seems to be a regression introduced in kernel 6.7 or later, and<br>
> it specifically affects older GCN4 (Polaris) GPUs like the RX 470.<br>
> Disabling DPM allows the system to boot, but significantly reduces GPU<br>
> performance.<br>
><br>
> Things I’ve tried:<br>
> - Confirmed that the latest `linux-firmware` is installed.<br>
> - Verified correct firmware files exist under `/lib/firmware/amdgpu/`.<br>
> - Tested multiple kernels (mainline and LTS).<br>
> - Using Mesa with ACO (Radeon open driver stack).<br>
> - System boots fine with LTS kernel (6.6.x) + DPM enabled.<br>
><br>
> System info:<br>
> - GPU: AMD RX 470 (GCN 4 / Polaris)<br>
> - Distro: Arch Linux<br>
> - Kernel (working): linux-lts 6.6.x<br>
> - Kernel (broken): 6.7.x and newer (currently tested on 6.14.6)<br>
><br>
> Thanks in advance,<br>
> Durmus Ozaltay<br>
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