[arch-general] Kernel 2.6.32 and Radeon KMS

[David C. Rankin]

On Saturday 05 December 2009 08:51:23 and regarding:
> Hi, I installed kernel26 and kernel26-firmware from testing, and I'm
> experiencing some problems with KMS. During system initialization, the
> system requests the firmware radeon/R300_cp.bin, waits a couple of seconds
> and then proceeds normal initialization. But when I log into X, DRI isn't
> enabled. Checking dmesg, I see that the kernel couldn't load R300 firmware,
> therefore disabling GPU acceleration.
> My problem is the same of this post:
> http://old.nabble.com/kernel-2.6.32-experiences-td26458040.html. Thomas said
> that mkinitcpio automatically inserts firmware listed in modinfo module in
> the initramfs image. When I run modinfo radeon | grep R300, it shows me
> 'firmware: radeon/R300_cp.bin'. So it should be available to kernel at the
> time of requesting it, shouldn't it?
> Has someone any idea to help solving that problem?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> 

Gabriel,

	I can confirm. I loaded 2.6.32 tonight and the box hung right after the screen flashed (where it normally goes from big text to small text [i.e. changes resolution]) and the box locked up. I had to use the install cd to downgrade to 2.6.31-6 in order to boot again...

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