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

[Joseph Salisbury]

Acked-by: Joseph Salisbury <joseph.salisbury at canonical.com>

On 12/7/21 02:30, Juerg Haefliger wrote:
> Ping.
>
>
>> 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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