Problem configuring ati radeon hd7600d card

desijuan

Hello, i am an archlinux user who is trying to install gentoo for the fist time. my computer has an amd a10 5800 processor, with a radeon hd7600d gpu. it is new, so i only had ubuntu installed in this machine.

in the radeon configuration page (https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Radeon#Firmware) says:

Kernel configuration:
Device Drivers --->
Generic Driver Options --->
-*- Userspace firmware loading support
[*] Include in-kernel firmware blobs in kernel binary
(radeon/<YOUR-MODEL>.bin)
(/lib/firmware) Firmware blobs root directory

i have installed x11-base/xorg-drivers, and radeon-ucode but when i do make menuconfig i cant find
(radeon/<YOUR-MODEL>.bin)
(/lib/firmware) Firmware blobs root directory

under the
[*] Include in-kernel firmware blobs in kernel binary

line.

startx doesnt work, and X -configure neither, so i think i didnt do the confiuration right. but i cant find the place where i have to say to my kernel what my graphics card is.

also my card isnt in the list on radeon page at the wiki. but i think perhaps it has the same drivers as another card.

can someone help me?

excuse my english, its not my native language

thanks

N8Fear · Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 8:43 am Post subject:

I have that option exactly where you stated it should be:
1. make menuconfig
2. go to "Device Drivers" and press enter
3, go to "Generic Driver options and press enter (for me it's the first entry under device drivers
4. Select "Userspace firmware loading support" (is most likely enabled by default)
5. Select "Include in-kernel firmware blobs in kernel binary"
6. Enter (space separated if you need more than one blob) the firmware file, e.g. radeon/<your-model>.bin
7. By now the "Firmware blobs root directory" option should have appeared, enter the path to your firmware directory (/lib/firmware is default).
8. Make sure you have /lib/firmware/radeon/your-model.bin
9. build kernel, install modules and kernel and have some fun...

Disclaimer: Since I don't own a radeon card I can't reproduce everything myself, but I have these options in my kernel anyways...

DawgG · l33t Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 866

i have a similar box (A6-APU with Radeon HD 7540D) which i will use in the examples.
first, find out which exact Radeon-model it has:

Enfield · n00b Joined: 23 Mar 2008 Posts: 12 Location: Great Britain

Hello,

I have recently installed Gentoo on my PC and I have 7950 - tahiti.

I gave up trying to use the open source driver as it appeared that radeonsi video card option is masked in mesa. FGLRX works for me.

Did you type in all the different tahiti .bin files into the kernel?
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desijuan · Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 2:10 am Post subject:

i mistyped my card, it's a radeon hd 7660d. in the wikipedia page says its codename is devastator (thanks DawgG!).

N8Fear: I don't know why but the option isn't there in when i do make menuconfig. i did exactly what you suggested.

Einfield:

DawgG · l33t Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 866

desijuan · Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 9:41 pm Post subject:

Thanks again DawgG. I had this line in make menuconfig, but I didn't know that I had to press enter.