AMDGPU Firmware Updated From 18.20, Vega M Blobs Added

[phoronix]

Phoronix: AMDGPU Firmware Updated From 18.20, Vega M Blobs Added

The latest AMDGPU firmware/microcode binary images for Radeon GPUs have landed in the Linux-Firmware Git tree...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-Firmware-Git-VegaM-More

[shmerl]

Hm. Debian still has firmware-amd-graphics 20170823-1. I just copy it manually from kernel.org.

[TemplarGR]

Hm. Debian still has firmware-amd-graphics 20170823-1. I just copy it manually from kernel.org.

Yeah, Debian, the worst linux distro for the desktop ever made. Why use it? There is absolutely ZERO reason to use Debian on a modern desktop system.

[shmerl]

Yeah, Debian, the worst linux distro for the desktop ever made. Why use it? There is absolutely ZERO reason to use Debian on a modern desktop system.

Besides this, most packages are up to date, so why not use it. Debian testing is quite good in general.

[JPFSanders]

Yeah, Debian, the worst linux distro for the desktop ever made. Why use it? There is absolutely ZERO reason to use Debian on a modern desktop system.

I must uninstall Debian from my boxes right away, there is ZERO reason to use it... wait I get it, you're trolling.

[chris61]

Hi all,

I nee a hint from professionals: Is my AMD Radeon HD 7970 card with Tahiti chipset affected by this new firmware?

Thanks in advance for answers!

Regards,
Christof

[Wielkie G]

Hi all,

I nee a hint from professionals: Is my AMD Radeon HD 7970 card with Tahiti chipset affected by this new firmware?

Thanks in advance for answers!

Regards,
Christof

There is a change in TAHITI firmware files, but obviously we have no idea what has changed as there is no changelog.

These are tahiti firmware files under the amdgpu directory, so supposedly they are for the amdgpu driver. The default driver for TAHITI is radeon, so if you use it there is no change.

I have compared these amdgpu TAHITI firmware files to the radeon ones, and the following have changed:

tahiti_ce.bin
tahiti_me.bin
tahiti_pfp.bin
tahiti_rlc.bin

The rest are copies from the radeon directory.

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/commit/?id=d47f956514204708ba57d2d6a91a1409709a3849

[shmerl]

My Sapphire Pulse Vega 56 runs around 10°C hotter with this new firmware.

[FireBurn]

I wonder why Tonga wasn't updated

[DanL]

Hm. Debian still has firmware-amd-graphics 20170823-1

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=891364