[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: Demote user facing DMC firmware load failure message

Damien Lespiau damien.lespiau at intel.com
Wed Jan 13 09:41:44 PST 2016


On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 05:38:15PM +0000, Chris Wilson wrote:
> This is an expected error given the lack of the firmware so emit it at
> KERN_NOTICE and not KERN_ERROR. Also include the firmware URL in the
> user facing message so that the user can investigate and fix the issue
> on their own, and also explain the consequence in plain language.
> 
> The complete failure message, including the first line from the firmware
> loader, becomes
> 
> i915 0000:00:02.0: Direct firmware load for i915/skl_dmc_ver1.bin failed with error -2
> i915 0000:00:02.0: Failed to load DMC firmware [https://01.org/linuxgraphics/intel-linux-graphics-firmwares], disabling runtime power management.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
> Cc: Damien Lespiau <damien.lespiau at intel.com>
> Cc: Imre Deak <imre.deak at intel.com>
> Cc: Sunil Kamath <sunil.kamath at intel.com>
> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at intel.com>
> Cc: Animesh Manna <animesh.manna at intel.com>
> Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula at intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Damien Lespiau <damien.lespiau at intel.com>

-- 
Damien

> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_csr.c | 9 +++++++--
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_csr.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_csr.c
> index 3f2850029c17..5c2f9a40c81b 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_csr.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_csr.c
> @@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
>  #define I915_CSR_SKL "i915/skl_dmc_ver1.bin"
>  #define I915_CSR_BXT "i915/bxt_dmc_ver1.bin"
>  
> +#define FIRMWARE_URL  "https://01.org/linuxgraphics/intel-linux-graphics-firmwares"
> +
>  MODULE_FIRMWARE(I915_CSR_SKL);
>  MODULE_FIRMWARE(I915_CSR_BXT);
>  
> @@ -282,7 +284,7 @@ static uint32_t *parse_csr_fw(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
>  	    csr->version < SKL_CSR_VERSION_REQUIRED) {
>  		DRM_INFO("Refusing to load old Skylake DMC firmware v%u.%u,"
>  			 " please upgrade to v%u.%u or later"
> -			 " [https://01.org/linuxgraphics/intel-linux-graphics-firmwares].\n",
> +			   " [" FIRMWARE_URL "].\n",
>  			 CSR_VERSION_MAJOR(csr->version),
>  			 CSR_VERSION_MINOR(csr->version),
>  			 CSR_VERSION_MAJOR(SKL_CSR_VERSION_REQUIRED),
> @@ -400,7 +402,10 @@ out:
>  			 CSR_VERSION_MAJOR(csr->version),
>  			 CSR_VERSION_MINOR(csr->version));
>  	} else {
> -		DRM_ERROR("Failed to load DMC firmware, disabling rpm\n");
> +		dev_notice(dev_priv->dev->dev,
> +			   "Failed to load DMC firmware"
> +			   " [" FIRMWARE_URL "],"
> +			   " disabling runtime power management.\n");
>  	}
>  
>  	release_firmware(fw);
> -- 
> 2.7.0.rc3
> 


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