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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-11 08:28:00 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-11 08:28:00 +0000 |
commit | 3565071f226432336a54d0193d729fa4508a3394 (patch) | |
tree | 4cde13f078f84c0a7785d234fd52edce7c90546a /debian/patches/debian/firmware_class-refer-to-debian-wiki-firmware-page.patch | |
parent | Adding upstream version 6.6.15. (diff) | |
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Adding debian version 6.6.15-2.debian/6.6.15-2
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/debian/patches/debian/firmware_class-refer-to-debian-wiki-firmware-page.patch b/debian/patches/debian/firmware_class-refer-to-debian-wiki-firmware-page.patch new file mode 100644 index 000000000..208eb1e78 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/patches/debian/firmware_class-refer-to-debian-wiki-firmware-page.patch @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +From: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> +Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2018 01:14:03 +0000 +Subject: firmware_class: Refer to Debian wiki page when logging missing firmware +Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/888405 +Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/1053764 +Forwarded: not-needed +Last-Update: 2023-11-08 + +If firmware loading fails due to a missing file, log a second error +message referring to our wiki page about firmware. This will explain +why some firmware is in non-free, or can't be packaged at all. Only +do this once per boot. + +Do something similar in the radeon drivers, where we have an early +check to avoid failing at a point where we cannot display anything. + +Update 2023-11-08: +In bug 1053764 Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@amd.com> states +that the patch isn't needed anymore for amdgpu, so remove that part +of the patch + +--- +--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c ++++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c +@@ -580,9 +580,12 @@ fw_get_filesystem_firmware(struct device + } + __putname(path); + +- if (rc) ++ if (rc) { + dev_err(device, "firmware: failed to load %s (%d)\n", + fw_priv->fw_name, rc); ++ if (rc == -ENOENT) ++ pr_err_once("See https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware for information about missing firmware\n"); ++ } + + return rc; + } +--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_drv.c ++++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_drv.c +@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ static int radeon_pci_probe(struct pci_d + if ((ent->driver_data & RADEON_FAMILY_MASK) >= CHIP_R600 && + !radeon_firmware_installed()) { + DRM_ERROR("radeon kernel modesetting for R600 or later requires firmware installed\n"); ++ pr_err_once("See https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware for information about missing firmware\n"); + return -ENODEV; + } + |