#1043024 amdgpu: When updating I get a "Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/modules" (Sapphire Nitro R9 390). This HAS indeed caused an issue (crashes and white screens)

#1043024#5
Date:
2023-08-04 14:36:28 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

*** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***

   * What led up to the situation?
   	Opening videos sometimes causes the system to crash.
   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
     	Nothing, happened with a completely clean install (using VLC)
   * What was the outcome of this action?
   	Sometimes a system crash
   * What outcome did you expect instead?
   	Nothing, but when I update the system i get "missing firmware"

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#1043024#10
Date:
2023-08-05 08:45:46 UTC
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Can you post which firmware files are missing exactly?

dmesg should give you all the needed information.

#1043024#15
Date:
2023-09-01 10:13:43 UTC
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Hello Gregor,

Sorry for the late reply, didn't get the update in my email.

This is the output from apt when I update my system:

Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.142) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-11-amd64
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/psp_13_0_11_ta.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/psp_13_0_11_toc.bin
for module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/psp_13_0_10_ta.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/psp_13_0_10_sos.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_3_imu.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/gc_11_0_4_rlc.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/gc_11_0_4_mec.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/gc_11_0_4_me.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/gc_11_0_4_pfp.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/gc_11_0_3_rlc.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/gc_11_0_3_mec.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/gc_11_0_3_me.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/gc_11_0_3_pfp.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/sdma_6_0_3.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
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/gc_11_0_4_mes1.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/gc_11_0_4_mes_2.bin
for module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/gc_11_0_4_mes.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/gc_11_0_3_mes1.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/gc_11_0_3_mes_2.bin
for module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/gc_11_0_3_mes.bin for
module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/gc_11_0_2_mes_2.bin
for module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/gc_11_0_1_mes_2.bin
for module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/gc_11_0_0_mes_2.bin
for module amdgpu
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/smu_13_0_10.bin for
module amdgpu


Never had any issue with Debian other than this, besides this it's flawless


On Sat, 05 Aug 2023 10:45:46 +0200 Gregor Riepl <onitake@gmail.com> wrote:

 > Package: firmware-amd-graphics
 > Version: 20230515-3
 > Followup-For: Bug #1043024
 > X-Debbugs-Cc: onitake@gmail.com
 >
 > Can you post which firmware files are missing exactly?
 >
 > dmesg should give you all the needed information.
 >
 >
 > -- System Information:
 > Debian Release: trixie/sid
 > APT prefers testing
 > APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500,
'testing-debug'), (500, 'stable-debug'), (500,
'proposed-updates-debug'), (300, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental-debug'),
(1, 'experimental')
 > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
 > Foreign Architectures: i386
 >
 > Kernel: Linux 6.4.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/24 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
 > Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_GB
 > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
 > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
 > LSM: AppArmor: enabled
 >
 > firmware-amd-graphics depends on no packages.
 >
 > firmware-amd-graphics recommends no packages.
 >
 > Versions of packages firmware-amd-graphics suggests:
 > ii initramfs-tools 0.142
 >
 > -- no debconf information
 >
 >