[Bug 82588] X fails to start with linus-tip or drm-next

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=82588

--- Comment #20 from Alex Deucher <agd5f at yahoo.com> ---
(In reply to comment #19)
> 
> So is it bad to use 3.16.2 and 3.17-rc5 because every kernel installs his
> firmware files to the same directory and overwrites the other one's?
> 
> The kernel installs the firmware with most of the filenames of r(v)+numbers
> in /lib/firmware/radeon/ .
> 
> And the gentoo package "x11-drivers/radeon-ucode-20140823" installs the
> files with the chip codenames and some numbered files which are not
> installed by the kernel in the same dir.
> 
> So much from me now for more confusion.

The firmware is not shipped with the kernel.  It's packaged separately.  The
firmware for your card has not changed in years so it's not likely to the same
issue.

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