[arch-general] Kernel 2.6.32 and Radeon KMS

[Smith Dhumbumroong]

On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:03:53 +0100
Tobias Powalowski <t.powa at gmx.de> wrote:

> Am Montag 07 Dezember 2009 schrieb Tom:
> > So, any news on this?
> > I 'fixed' it by removing radeon from initramfs, but as has been
> > pointed out, thats not really a solution!?
> > 
> HI guys,
> This kms firmware issue revealed a bug in initcpio and firmware
> handling.
> 
> Would you mind to test a fix for the firmware loading?
> 2 files attached:
> This will load udevd before executing MODULES=
> - Replace /lib/initcpio/init and /lib/initcpio/hooks/udev
> - Remove the yourself created radeon hook from /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
> hooks array
> - Add radeon again to modules array in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
> - Recreate a test initrd with mkinitcpio -g test.img 
>   and launch this initrd from your bootloader.
> - Don't forget to reinstall original initcpio files after that!
>   pacman -S initcpio
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> greetings
> tpowa

Hi, 

I've followed the above instructions (well, except I just go ahead and
do a "mkinitcpio -p kernel26") and I'm glad to say that KMS
early start method is now working fine again. :)

Thanks for all the hard works, Tobias!

Regards,
Smith