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Issue created Aug 31, 2012 by Bugzilla Migration User@bugzilla-migration

[drm:radeon_get_bios] *ERROR* Unable to locate a BIOS ROM

Submitted by xela

Assigned to Default DRI bug account

Link to original bug (#54338)

Description

Hi, I'm using the most recent kernel — 3.5.3, before switching to it I used 3.5.0. I'm using amd64 Gentoo Linux. The problem is radeon driver is completely unable to load on my laptop (Dell Vostro 3350)

Here're some outputs:

$ dmesg | grep radeon
[ 6.062962] [drm] radeon defaulting to kernel modesetting.
[ 6.062966] [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled.
[ 6.063009] radeon 0000:01:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0003)
[ 6.628886] radeon 0000:01:00.0: Invalid ROM contents
[ 6.628941] radeon 0000:01:00.0: Invalid ROM contents
[ 6.628948] [drm:radeon_get_bios] ERROR Unable to locate a BIOS ROM
[ 6.628950] radeon 0000:01:00.0: Fatal error during GPU init
[ 6.628953] [drm] radeon: finishing device.
[ 6.629996] radeon 0000:01:00.0: no bo for sa manager
[ 6.630126] radeon: probe of 0000:01:00.0 failed with error -22

$ uname -a
Linux 3.5.3 #1 (closed) SMP PREEMPT Fri Aug 31 20:42:09 EEST 2012 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2520M CPU @ 2.50GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

lspci | grep VGA

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Seymour XT/PRO [Radeon HD 7400M Series]

lsmod | grep radeon

radeon 831358 0
cfbfillrect 3717 2 i915,radeon
cfbimgblt 2073 2 i915,radeon
cfbcopyarea 3289 2 i915,radeon
ttm 61238 1 radeon
i2c_algo_bit 5079 2 i915,radeon
drm_kms_helper 31193 2 i915,radeon
drm 212584 5 ttm,i915,drm_kms_helper,radeon

eix -e xorg-server

[D] x11-base/xorg-server
Available versions: 1.9.5-r1 1.10.6-r1 1.11.4-r1 1.12.2 ()1.12.3 ()1.12.99.903 {{dmx doc ipv6 kdrive minimal nptl selinux static-libs tslib +udev xnest xorg xvfb}}
Installed versions: 1.12.99.905(05:55:47 PM 08/31/2012)(ipv6 nptl udev xnest xorg -dmx -doc -kdrive -minimal -selinux -static-libs -tslib -xvfb)
Homepage: http://xorg.freedesktop.org/
Description: X.Org X servers

I'm not using xorg.conf file.

http://bpaste.net/show/43054/ — dmesg
http://bpaste.net/show/43055/ — kernel config

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