[SRU][F][linux-firmware][PULL] UVD firmware for AMD Southern Islands (GCN 1) GPUs is missing (LP: #1953249)

[Juerg Haefliger]

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> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1953249
> 
> [ Impact ]
> 
> AMD GPU not functional on Focal with HWE kernel.
> 
> [ Test Case ]
> 
> See original description below.
> 
> [ Fix ]
> 
> Cherry-pick relevant commit from upstream linux-firmware.
> 
> [ Where Problems Could Occur ]
> 
> Broken graphics with AMD GPUs.
> 
> [ Original Description ]
> 
> Release: up-to-date Focal LTS (20.04.3)
> Package-version: linux-firmware 1.187.20
> Hardware model: [AMD/ATI] Chelsea LP [Radeon HD 7730M]
> 
> With the latest kernel upgrade (5.4 --> 5.11, if I recall correctly), my laptop's discrete graphics stopped working. Looking at the logs, I found these messages:
> 
> -- snippet --
> kernel: [    1.492908] [drm] amdgpu: dpm initialized
> kernel: [    1.492932] [drm] AMDGPU Display Connectors
> kernel: [    1.492951] amdgpu 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for amdgpu/verde_uvd.bin failed with error -2
> kernel: [    1.492954] amdgpu 0000:01:00.0: amdgpu: amdgpu_uvd: Can't load firmware "amdgpu/verde_uvd.bin"
> kernel: [    1.492957] [drm:amdgpu_device_ip_init [amdgpu]] *ERROR* sw_init of IP block <uvd_v3_1> failed -2
> kernel: [    1.493196] amdgpu 0000:01:00.0: amdgpu: amdgpu_device_ip_init failed
> kernel: [    1.493198] amdgpu 0000:01:00.0: amdgpu: Fatal error during GPU init
> kernel: [    1.493200] amdgpu 0000:01:00.0: amdgpu: amdgpu: finishing device.
> -- snippet --
> 
> In fact, file '/lib/firmware/amdgpu/verde_uvd.bin' was missing. Running '$ dpkg -L linux-firmware | sort' gives this:
> 
> -- snippet --
> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vegam_uvd.bin
> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vegam_vce.bin
> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/verde_ce.bin
> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/verde_k_smc.bin
> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/verde_mc.bin
> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/verde_me.bin
> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/verde_pfp.bin
> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/verde_rlc.bin
> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/verde_smc.bin
> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/yellow_carp_asd.bin
> /lib/firmware/amdgpu/yellow_carp_ce.bin
> -- snippet --
> 
> Copying the file from upstream (https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/amdgpu/verde_uvd.bin) didn't work on my system, probably because I use UEFI and the module wasn't signed (error below):
> 
> -- snippet --
> kernel: [  502.174932] amdgpu 0000:01:00.0: amdgpu: amdgpu_uvd: Can't validate firmware "amdgpu/verde_uvd.bin"
> kernel: [  502.174992] [drm:amdgpu_device_ip_init [amdgpu]] *ERROR* sw_init of IP block <uvd_v3_1> failed -22
> kernel: [  502.175285] amdgpu 0000:01:00.0: amdgpu: amdgpu_device_ip_init failed
> kernel: [  502.175289] amdgpu 0000:01:00.0: amdgpu: Fatal error during GPU init
> kernel: [  502.175293] amdgpu 0000:01:00.0: amdgpu: amdgpu: finishing device.
> -- snippet --
> 
> I can confirm that reverting kernel driver to 'radeonsi' makes the device usable again, but at the expense of Vulkan APIs (not supported by this driver).
> 
> Could you, please, fix this?
> 
> Signed-off-by: Juerg Haefliger <juergh at canonical.com>
> 
> --------
> 
> The following changes since commit ea3494be1a2c08867bc1b5fed69d12f9f7f33233:
> 
>   amdgpu: update yellow carp dmcub firmware (2021-12-03 08:10:28 +0100)
> 
> are available in the Git repository at:
> 
>   https://git.launchpad.net/~juergh/+git/linux-firmware lp1953249
> 
> for you to fetch changes up to 0b2254809ad88e2ada0e6b4d7c1c19dbbf9f0cb6:
> 
>   amdgpu: add UVD firmware for SI asics (2021-12-06 08:50:20 +0100)
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Alex Deucher (1):
>       amdgpu: add UVD firmware for SI asics
> 
>  WHENCE                  |   4 ++++
>  amdgpu/oland_uvd.bin    | Bin 0 -> 219928 bytes
>  amdgpu/pitcairn_uvd.bin | Bin 0 -> 219928 bytes
>  amdgpu/tahiti_uvd.bin   | Bin 0 -> 219928 bytes
>  amdgpu/verde_uvd.bin    | Bin 0 -> 219928 bytes
>  5 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 amdgpu/oland_uvd.bin
>  create mode 100644 amdgpu/pitcairn_uvd.bin
>  create mode 100644 amdgpu/tahiti_uvd.bin
>  create mode 100644 amdgpu/verde_uvd.bin

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