Bug#1034903: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/sienna_cichlid_mes.bin navi10_mes.bin for module amdgpu

["Chen, Guchun" <Guchun.Chen@amd.com>]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: amd-gfx <amd-gfx-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org> On Behalf Of Alex
> Deucher
> Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2023 12:34 AM
> To: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
> Cc: xiao sheng wen(肖盛文） <atzlinux@sina.com>;
> 1034903@bugs.debian.org; amd-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org
> Subject: Re: Possible missing firmware
> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/sienna_cichlid_mes.bin navi10_mes.bin for module
> amdgpu
>
> On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 11:38 AM Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 27 Apr 2023 15:43:28 +0800 xiao sheng wen(肖盛文）
> > <atzlinux@sina.com> wrote:
> > > Package: firmware-amd-graphics
> > > Version: 20230310-1~exp1
> > > Severity: normal
> > > X-Debbugs-Cc: atzlinux@sina.com
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > >  When I upgrade to kernel 5.10.0-22-arm64, there are following error
> > >  infos:

Just to clarify that, these is not error info. This is the complain from ramfs when detecting firmware mismatch between directory '/lib/firmware' and the firmware names referenced by amdgpu.ko driver.

Regards,
Guchun

> > > W: Possible missing firmware
> > > /lib/firmware/amdgpu/sienna_cichlid_mes.bin for module amdgpu
> > > W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/navi10_mes.bin for
> > > module amdgpu
> > [...]
>
> Those could be dropped.  They are not really used by the driver.  They are for
> a feature which was not ultimately productized on those parts.
>
> >
> > I see that the amdgpu driver has had references to these files for
> > several years, but they've never been added to linux-firmware.git.
> > More recently amdgpu added:
> >
> > MODULE_FIRMWARE("amdgpu/gc_11_0_3_mes.bin");
> > MODULE_FIRMWARE("amdgpu/gc_11_0_3_mes_2.bin");
> > MODULE_FIRMWARE("amdgpu/gc_11_0_3_mes1.bin");
> >
> > and these are also missing from linux-firmware.git.
> >
> > Is this firmware intended to be available to the public?
>
> Yes, those will be available soon.
>
> Alex