Tiny Core Linux
Tiny Core Extensions => TCE News => Topic started by: coreplayer2 on June 06, 2015, 01:30:39 AM
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Latest firmware extension updates as of (2015-05-13) submitted this week
firmware-atheros.tcz
firmware-intel.tcz
firmware-intel_e100.tcz
firmware-iwlwifi.tcz
firmware-radeon.tcz
firmware-ralinkwifi.tcz
firmware-rtl_bt.tcz
firmware-rtl_nic.tcz
firmware-rtlwifi.tcz
firmware-ti-connectivity.tcz
more on the way...
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firmware-intel.tcz
Can't find firmware-intel.tcz.
Regards
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:p give it chance to update the repo, I've submitted but there is a process..
btw the Intel firmware is mostly bluetooth
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btw the Intel firmware is mostly bluetooth
Might soon also be graphics, see:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Intel-SKL-BXT-Firmware-Blobs
Regards
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I heard that also... 8)
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These firmware extensions have been updated or are created new and should appear in the repo soon
With the exception of "firmware-zd1211 v1.5" update which came from http://sourceforge.net/projects/zd1211/files/ (http://sourceforge.net/projects/zd1211/files/)
the remaining updates are from the git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git (http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git) dated 2016/01/10
firmware-amd-ucode.tcz
firmware-amdgpu.tcz
firmware-atheros.tcz
firmware-broadcom_bcm43xx.tcz
firmware-broadcom_bnx2.tcz
firmware-broadcom_bnx2x.tcz
firmware-chelsio.tcz
firmware-i915.tcz
firmware-intel.tcz
firmware-iwlwifi.tcz
firmware-moxa.tcz
firmware-mrvl.tcz
firmware-myri10ge.tcz
firmware-nvidia.tcz
firmware-qca.tcz
firmware-radeon.tcz
firmware-ueagle-atm.tcz
firmware-zd1211.tcz
firmware.tcz
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It turns out that the latest radeon firmware is kernel version dependent, at least for late model radeon video cards.
So I have built and re-submitted firmware-radeon extension for kernel-3.17 and newer to tc-7.x x86 & x86_64 repo's; expect it to arrive shortly
A second firmware-radeon extension for kernel-3.16 and older is being prepared and will submitted to tc-6.x x86 & x86_64 repo's asap (while we are still supporting tc-6)
Thanks
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It is? I thought the newest firmware was backwards compatible. Got a link?
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It took me by surprise because I'd already submitted the latest firmware-radeon extension, take a look at this..
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Radeon#Firmware (https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Radeon#Firmware)
As a result I've modeled our firmware-radon extension based on this info
Actually this is not where I originally read of the issue, anyhow this Gentoo Wiki is where I landed and appears to have the most current data regarding radeon CAPE VERDE and newer chips, from both
http://people.freedesktop.org/~agd5f/radeon_ucode/ (http://people.freedesktop.org/~agd5f/radeon_ucode/) and
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git (https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git)
Each firmware-radeon extension submitted for tc6 & tc7 repo's now contain the same firmware blobs for older chips plus the kernel specific (if i can call it that..?) blobs for later model (CAPE VERDE+) chips
A list of effected chips and their associated firmware files are included with each extension
:|
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Also here is a reference to the previously mentioned phenomena
ref: "linuxfromscratch.org"
Note that Southern Islands and Sea Islands chips use different firmware for kernel 3.17 and later compared to earlier kernels. Identify and download the required blobs then install them:
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/postlfs/firmware.html (http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/postlfs/firmware.html)