Re: Issue with i915 PSR module option
Reco,
28 mars 2020 à 21:15 de recoverym4n@enotuniq.net:
> I apply the following approach to it - if it works - it does not need
> firmware blobs. Even if update-initramfs may thinks it will be useful to
> include those, because it merely looks at "firmware" section of "modinfo
> i915" output in this case.
>
Indeed, it looks like modinfo i915 output ;)
Maybe I'm too maniac but I just don't like so much getting warnings after a command...^^
> If dmesg tells you your current kernel tries to load those firmware
> pieces and fails, and you experience some missing functionality (X won't
> start, OpenGL fails to work, VAAPI fails you) - then firmware's probably
> needed.
>
No error on journalctl -kb
I'm loading i915/kbl_dmc_ver1_04.bin
>
>
>> > They are, but they aren't in main archive (non-libre, no source code).
>> >
>> My apt sources.list includes main, contrib and non-free.
>> I don't find the firmwares in Debian packages, only a bxt_huc old one:
>> $ apt-file search icl_dmc_ver
>> $ apt-file search tgl_dmc_ver
>> $ apt-file search bxt_huc_ver
>>
>
> Even experimental does not have those.
>
So blobs are not systematically packaged on Debian.
Then if I'm not wrong, I need to bookmark https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/ so I can pick up any missing firmware?
Best regards,
l0f4r0
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