AMD Navi10 GPU powerplay issues when using two DisplayPort connectors

Submitted by Timur Kristóf

Assigned to Default DRI bug account

Link to original bug (#111913)

Description

I have a Sapphire AMD RX 5700XT graphics card (the reference design).

When I use DisplayPort-0 and DisplayPort-1 connectors with two Dell U2718Q monitors, I get the following errors in dmesg.

[ 39.270292] amdgpu: [powerplay] failed send message: TransferTableSmu2Dram (18) param: 0x00000006 response 0xffffffc2
[ 39.270294] amdgpu: [powerplay] Failed to export SMU metrics table!
[ 41.787785] amdgpu: [powerplay] failed send message: SetDriverDramAddrHigh (14) param: 0x00000080 response 0xffffffc2
[ 44.288882] amdgpu: [powerplay] failed send message: TransferTableSmu2Dram (18) param: 0x00000006 response 0xffffffc2
[ 44.288883] amdgpu: [powerplay] Failed to export SMU metrics table!
[ 46.822924] amdgpu: [powerplay] failed send message: SetDriverDramAddrHigh (14) param: 0x00000080 response 0xffffffc2
[ 49.237444] amdgpu: [powerplay] failed send message: SetDriverDramAddrHigh (14) param: 0x00000080 response 0xffffffc2
[ 49.353456] amdgpu: [powerplay] failed send message: SetDriverDramAddrHigh (14) param: 0x00000080 response 0xffffffc2
[ 49.353457] amdgpu: [powerplay] Failed to export SMU metrics table!
[ 66.676957] amdgpu: [powerplay] failed send message: NumOfDisplays (64) param: 0x00000002 response 0xffffffc2
[ 69.095868] amdgpu: [powerplay] failed send message: NumOfDisplays (64) param: 0x00000002 response 0xffffffc2
[ 71.634371] amdgpu: [powerplay] failed send message: NumOfDisplays (64) param: 0x00000002 response 0xffffffc2
[ 74.166180] amdgpu: [powerplay] failed send message: NumOfDisplays (64) param: 0x00000002 response 0xffffffc2
[ 76.526822] amdgpu: [powerplay] failed send message: NumOfDisplays (64) param: 0x00000002 response 0xffffffc2
[ 78.804664] amdgpu: [powerplay] failed send message: NumOfDisplays (64) param: 0x00000002 response 0xffffffc2
[ 81.348866] amdgpu: [powerplay] failed send message: NumOfDisplays (64) param: 0x00000002 response 0xffffffc2
[ 83.881667] amdgpu: [powerplay] failed send message: NumOfDisplays (64) param: 0x00000002 response 0xffffffc2
[ 86.335097] amdgpu: [powerplay] failed send message: NumOfDisplays (64) param: 0x00000002 response 0xffffffc2
[ 88.763558] amdgpu: [powerplay] failed send message: NumOfDisplays (64) param: 0x00000002 response 0xffffffc2
[ 91.209310] amdgpu: [powerplay] failed send message: NumOfDisplays (64) param: 0x00000002 response 0xffffffc2
[ 93.740772] amdgpu: [powerplay] failed send message: NumOfDisplays (64) param: 0x00000002 response 0xffffffc2
[ 128.174369] amdgpu: [powerplay] failed send message: GetMaxDpmFreq (31) param: 0x00000000 response 0xffffffc2
[ 130.597545] amdgpu: [powerplay] failed send message: GetMaxDpmFreq (31) param: 0x00000000 response 0xffffffc2
[ 133.135948] amdgpu: [powerplay] failed send message: GetMaxDpmFreq (31) param: 0x00020000 response 0xffffffc2
[ 135.676398] amdgpu: [powerplay] failed send message: GetMaxDpmFreq (31) param: 0x00020000 response 0xffffffc2
[ 138.213539] amdgpu: [powerplay] failed send message: GetMaxDpmFreq (31) param: 0x00000000 response 0xffffffc2
[ 140.753936] amdgpu: [powerplay] failed send message: GetMaxDpmFreq (31) param: 0x00000000 response 0xffffffc2
[ 143.034004] amdgpu: [powerplay] failed send message: GetMaxDpmFreq (31) param: 0x00020000 response 0xffffffc2
[ 145.313763] amdgpu: [powerplay] failed send message: GetMaxDpmFreq (31) param: 0x00020000 response 0xffffffc2
[ 151.255023] amdgpu: [powerplay] failed send message: GetMaxDpmFreq (31) param: 0x00000000 response 0xffffffc2
[ 153.531678] amdgpu: [powerplay] failed send message: GetMaxDpmFreq (31) param: 0x00000000 response 0xffffffc2
[ 156.054509] amdgpu: [powerplay] failed send message: GetMaxDpmFreq (31) param: 0x00020000 response 0xffffffc2
[ 156.054516] amdgpu: [powerplay] failed send message: GetMaxDpmFreq (31) param: 0x00020000 response 0xfffffffb
[ 156.057923] amdgpu: [powerplay] failed send message: GetMaxDpmFreq (31) param: 0x00000000 response 0xfffffffb
[ 156.057930] amdgpu: [powerplay] failed send message: GetMaxDpmFreq (31) param: 0x00000000 response 0xfffffffb
[ 156.057932] amdgpu: [powerplay] failed send message: GetMaxDpmFreq (31) param: 0x00020000 response 0xfffffffb
[ 156.057938] amdgpu: [powerplay] failed send message: GetMaxDpmFreq (31) param: 0x00020000 response 0xfffffffb