Fw: Re: [ANNOUNCE] xf86-video-ati 6.9.0.91 - release candidate

[Gene Heskett]

On Friday 26 December 2008, Alex Deucher wrote:
>On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 11:57 PM, Shunichi Fuji <palglowr at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:29:38 -0500
>> From: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett at verizon.net>
>> To: Shunichi Fuji <palglowr at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] xf86-video-ati 6.9.0.91 - release candidate
>>
>> On Tuesday 23 December 2008, Shunichi Fuji wrote:
>>>On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:13:58 -0500
>>>
>>>Gene Heskett <gene.heskett at verizon.net> wrote:
>>>> gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -I./AtomBios/includes -Wall
>>>> -I/usr/include/xorg -I/usr/include/drm -I/usr/include/X11/dri
>>>> -DDISABLE_EASF -DENABLE_ALL_SERVICE_FUNCTIONS -DATOM_BIOS
>>>> -DATOM_BIOS_PARSER -DDRIVER_PARSER -g -O2 -MT radeon_accel.lo -MD -MP
>>>> -MF .deps/radeon_accel.Tpo -c
>>>> radeon_accel.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/radeon_accel.o
>>>> radeon_accel.c: In function 'RADEONEngineInit':
>>>> radeon_accel.c:383: error: 'RADEON_PARAM_NUM_GB_PIPES' undeclared (first
>>>> use in this function)
>>>> radeon_accel.c:383: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only
>>>> once radeon_accel.c:383: error: for each function it appears in.)
>>>> make[2]: *** [radeon_accel.lo] Error 1
>>>> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/xf86-video-ati-6.9.0.91/src'
>>>> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
>>>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/xf86-video-ati-6.9.0.91'
>>>> make: *** [all] Error 2
>>>>
>>>> What header am I missing?
>>>
>>>RADEON_PARAM_NUM_GB_PIPES defined in radon_drm.h, and git repository has
>>> it one. but tar package seems don't have it.
>>>
>>>i guess that radeon_drm.h will ship with libdrm
>>
>> Not installed on this FU8 system, and not available to yumex.
>>
>>>and it install to
>>> include/drm. there are 3 copy at least kernel,drm and xf86-video-ati...
>>
>> I found the one in xf86-video-radeonhd-1.2.4, and copied it to the src
>> tree beside the other .h files, and it built, and I've installed it and
>> running it, although not much is changed.  glxgears is still moping along
>> at about 875 fps, and glxinfo says no drm?dri.
>>
>> But now this exposes a new problem I don't recall in these exact words,
>> when I do a startx, it cannot load the kernel radeon module
>> (this from the Xorg.0.log)
>>
>> (WW) RADEON(0): Direct rendering for RN50/RS600/R600 forced on -- This is
>> NOT officially supported at the hardware level and may cause instability
>> or lockups
>> drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
>> drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
>> drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
>> drmOpenDevice: Open failed
>> [drm] failed to load kernel module "radeon"
>> (EE) RADEON(0): [dri] RADEONDRIGetVersion failed to open the DRM
>> [dri] Disabling DRI.
>>
>> So, just for giggles:
>>
>> [root at coyote ~]# modprobe radeon
>> WARNING: Error inserting drm
>> (/lib/modules/2.6.28-rc9/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/drm.ko): Invalid argument
>> FATAL: Error inserting radeon
>> (/lib/modules/2.6.28-rc9/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon.ko): Invalid
>> argument
>>
>> I can also recall not too far back in the 2.6.28-rc cycle, seeing dmesg
>> reporting that the firmware for the card had been loaded from
>> the /lib/firmware/radeon directory, but that appears to be on the missing
>> list too for an rcN or 2.  The firmware is there from previous kernel
>> builds, but is no longer being installed by this line of my "./makeit"
>> script:
>>
>> make firmware_install && \
>>
>> Which tells me something has changed in the Makefiles or .config's.
>>
>> How important is this firmware for the health & well being of an
>> HD2400-Pro (rv610) card?
>
>There is no working drm support yet for r6xx/r7xx cards yet.  It will
>be released soon.
>
>> From the .config that built this kernel:
>>
>> [root at coyote linux-2.6.28-rc9]# grep FIRMWARE .config
>> # CONFIG_PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD is not set
>> # CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL is not set
>> CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="radeon/R100_cp.bin.ihex  radeon/R200_cp.bin.ihex
>> radeon/R300_cp.bin.ihex  radeon/R420_cp.bin.ihex  radeon/R520_cp.bin.ihex
>> radeon/RS600_cp.bin.ihex  radeon/RS690_cp.bin.ihex"
>> CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="firmware"
>> # CONFIG_DVB_AV7110_FIRMWARE is not set
>> # CONFIG_FIRMWARE_EDID is not set
>> CONFIG_FIRMWARE_MEMMAP=y
>
>Looks like you are using some distro-specific patch that separates the
>firmware from the radeon drm.
>
I can nuke the stuff in /lib/firmware/radeon, and nuke that from the .config 
too I guess.

The 2.6.28 final kernel does not install those anymore.  And I no longer see 
messages in the boot log indicating it is being loaded either.  I guess the 
answer to "Should I?" is yes?

Time frame for the release?

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Huh?