"W: Possible missing firmware"

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 12:46 AM Volker Wysk <post at volker-wysk.de> wrote:
>
> I found this in my /var/log/apt/term.log:
>
> ...
> Processing triggers for linux-image-5.19.0-45-generic (5.19.0-45.46~22.04.1)
> ...
> /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools:
> update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.19.0-45-generic
> W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/ip_discovery.bin for
> module amdgpu
> W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega10_cap.bin for module
> amdgpu
> W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/sienna_cichlid_cap.bin for
> module amdgpu
> W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/navi12_cap.bin for module
> amdgpu
> W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/aldebaran_cap.bin for
> module amdgpu
> W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/gc_11_0_0_toc.bin for
> module amdgpu
> W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/sienna_cichlid_mes1.bin
> for module amdgpu
> W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/sienna_cichlid_mes.bin for
> module amdgpu
> W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/navi10_mes.bin for module
> amdgpu
> ...
>
> Those messages should appear when doing "sudo apt full-upgrade", but they
> are logged here instead, because of unattended-upgrades or something like
> that.
>
> I have an AMD-based graphics card, a "Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 550 4GD5
> (Lexa XT)".
>
> Can anyone tell me what's up? I have the suspicion that this is related to
> my jerky video playback problem.

https://askubuntu.com/a/1124256 may help. I've had to upgrade the
amdgpu firmware and drivers like that on one machine, too. It was an
AMD machine, though. The on-bord video was too new at the time.

Jeff