Re: drm2 deprecation in base: problems with gpu-firmware-kmod port

Alexey Dokuchaev <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.x11
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 01:55:50PM +0200, Niclas Zeising wrote:
> On 08/29/18 14:09, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> >...
> >I have this file with the previous kernel (when it all was in the base):
> >
> >   /boot/kernel.june/radeonkmsfw_RV710_pfp.ko (11908 bytes).
> >
> >With the drm2/firmware bits served from ports, the name is different:
> >
> >   $ pkg info -l gpu-firmware-kmod | grep RV710_pfp
> >         /boot/modules/radeon_RV710_pfp_bin.ko
> >
> >File size is also different: 10428 bytes.  How shall I proceed from this
> >point to get things back in working order?  Thanks,
> 
> The size difference is probably due to the firmware having been updated.
> I have to check this though, to be sure.
> 
> What happens if you rename the new firmware (the one currently in
> /boot/modules/) to the old name?  Does everything load fine then?

No, but the error message gets a bit different:

  -radeonkmsfw_RV710_pfp: could not load firmware image, error 2
  +radeonkmsfw_RV710_pfp: firmware image loaded, but did not register

./danfe
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