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Subject: bug#504: firmware-amd-graphics: missing firmware file amdgpu/verde_uvd.bin
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From: Arthur Marsh <[email protected]>
To: Devuan Bug Tracking System <[email protected]>
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Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2020 21:52:34 +0930

Package: firmware-amd-graphics
Version: 20200619-1
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

*** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***

   * What led up to the situation?

Trying to use a Linux git head kernel with amdgpu module and Cape Verde
graphics card

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?

Obtained amdgpu/verde_uvd.bin from 
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git
and copied it to /lib/firmware

   * What was the outcome of this action?
   * What outcome did you expect instead?

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-- System Information:
Distributor ID:	Devuan
Description:	Devuan GNU/Linux 4 (chimaera/ceres)
Release:	testing/unstable
Codename:	n/a
Architecture: x86_64

Kernel: Linux 5.8.0+ (SMP w/4 CPU threads)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_WARN
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)

firmware-amd-graphics depends on no packages.

firmware-amd-graphics recommends no packages.

Versions of packages firmware-amd-graphics suggests:
ii  initramfs-tools  0.137

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From: "Devuan bug Tracking System" <[email protected]>
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Subject: bug#504: Acknowledgement (firmware-amd-graphics: missing firmware
 file amdgpu/verde_uvd.bin)
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Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2020 12:33:09 +0000

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Subject: bug#504: firmware-amd-graphics: missing firmware file amdgpu/verde_uvd.bin
Reply-To: Mark Hindley <[email protected]>, [email protected]
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Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 17:25:56 +0100
From: Mark Hindley <[email protected]>
To: Arthur Marsh <[email protected]>, [email protected]
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Arthur,

On Thu, Aug 06, 2020 at 09:52:34PM +0930, Arthur Marsh wrote:
> Package: firmware-amd-graphics
> Version: 20200619-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***
> 
>    * What led up to the situation?
> 
> Trying to use a Linux git head kernel with amdgpu module and Cape Verde
> graphics card
> 
>    * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
>      ineffective)?
> 
> Obtained amdgpu/verde_uvd.bin from 
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git
> and copied it to /lib/firmware

Thanks for this. However this is really not a Devuan issue since you are using a
custom kernel and upstream firmware.. You should report it to the providers of
the firmware.

Thanks.

Mark

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Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 17:25:56 +0100
From: Mark Hindley <[email protected]>
To: Arthur Marsh <[email protected]>, [email protected]
Subject: Re: bug#504: firmware-amd-graphics: missing firmware file
 amdgpu/verde_uvd.bin
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Arthur,

On Thu, Aug 06, 2020 at 09:52:34PM +0930, Arthur Marsh wrote:
> Package: firmware-amd-graphics
> Version: 20200619-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***
> 
>    * What led up to the situation?
> 
> Trying to use a Linux git head kernel with amdgpu module and Cape Verde
> graphics card
> 
>    * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
>      ineffective)?
> 
> Obtained amdgpu/verde_uvd.bin from 
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git
> and copied it to /lib/firmware

Thanks for this. However this is really not a Devuan issue since you are using a
custom kernel and upstream firmware.. You should report it to the providers of
the firmware.

Thanks.

Mark