Updated AMD GPU Firmware Blobs Land In Linux-Firmware.Git For PSP 13.0.8, GC 10.3.7

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Updated AMD GPU Firmware Blobs Land In Linux-Firmware.Git For PSP 13.0.8, GC 10.3.7

AMD's Radeon Linux graphics driver developers remain very busy working on their upcoming GPU support...

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=AMDGPU-FW-PSP-13.0.8-GC-10.3.7

[jonix]

That is great to hear. But I have a question:

Is it not better to have these firmware blobs distributed on a service like LVFS other than on a git repository that needs to be pulled in by distributions?

[Linuxxx]

GC 10.3.7

Since RDNA2 is already at GC 10.3, this can only mean we're talking about the refresh and not in any way RDNA3, right?

[partcyborg]

Interesting. I wonder if anyone has taken these apart and tossed the bits into IDA pro to try and glean what is new

[agd5f]

That is great to hear. But I have a question:

Is it not better to have these firmware blobs distributed on a service like LVFS other than on a git repository that needs to be pulled in by distributions?

These are loaded by the driver at runtime. It's not firmware that resides in an EEPROM on a device or board which is what LVFS generally deals with (e.g., new sbios or mouse firmware).

[baka0815]

An here I thought PSP would be "Playstation Portable" and GC would be "GameCube" *shrug*