[Mageia-dev] Removal of non-free firmware from core section

Tue Nov 8 15:33:42 CET 2011

On 08.11.2011 14:59, José Jorge wrote:
+> Le mardi 8 novembre 2011 09:05:25, Kamil Rytarowski a écrit :
+>> Same BIG problems here. DVD default installation is de facto BROKEN.
+>> Please don't use radeon fb driver.
+>> There were bugs on it on our bugzilla.
+>>
+> Which ones? On my hardware, missing the firmware does NOT disable free radeon 
+> driver : it only disables acceleration. I use this as a feature daily on a 
+> laptop which video memory is partly corrupted, so I am really sure that at 
+> least on pre 2xxx hardware it works (x300/x600/x700/x1300).
+> 
+
+I'm not commeting on anyone's specific issues, but just a reminder to
+all participants on this thread:
+
+There are *two* sets of radeon firmware, both of which are needed for
+full operation.
+
+1. The "regular" firmware files (CP, ME, PFP,...) for all cards.
+2. The so-called RLC firmware, used by R600 and newer for IRQ handling.
+
+(I don't know the specific problems caused by missing one of these firmware)
+
+They are currently divided in two packages:
+
+1. kernel-firmware
+   - regular firmware for R100-R700 series.
+   - in main section
+   - included in free medias and installer
+
+2. radeon-firmware
+   - RLC firmware for R600 and newer
+   - regular firmware for newer cards, i.e. Evergreen and up
+     (i.e. those that are not in kernel-firmware)
+   - in nonfree section
+   - not in free medias/installer
+
+All of the files will now be moved to the radeon-firmware package, into
+nonfree section.
+
+-- 
+Anssi Hannula
+