#1136901 oter: apt-get update on Debian oldstable results in "Possible missing firmware" for amdgpu and those binaries do not exist

#1136901#5
Date:
2026-05-17 09:32:43 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

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

   * What led up to the situation?


I ran apt-get update.




   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?


I ran apt-get update.



   * What was the outcome of this action?


Multiple firmware files are reported as missing when in fact they never
existed at all. Thus :

Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.142+deb12u3) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-47-amd64
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/cyan_skillfish_gpu_info.bin for module amdgpu
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_toc.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
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_mes.bin for module amdgpu


   * What outcome did you expect instead?


I expect that all the binary blobs in /lib/firmware/amdgpu would be
respected.

The blob firmware files listed as missing DO NOT EXIST at :

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/amdgpu

So this is a bit tough to figure out where to get those files and for
that matter why the heck they are listed as missing when in fact then
never existed at all.

#1136901#10
Date:
2026-05-17 20:00:47 UTC
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My apologies. This all feels familiar. Indeed. From three or four years
ago I hit that same set of messages. Thus here we are :

The tool in question is here :

https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/initramfs-tools/-/blob/debian/latest/hook-functions#L123

Some further info here :

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd/-/work_items/2923#note_2130382

So just going in circles and I don't see any easy fix here.

However I was using an old old Lenovo laptop. So not even remotely like
AMD Radeon Pro hardware. Regardless. This is just annoying.