firmware updates

[coreplayer2]

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...

[pq5190362]

firmware-intel.tcz

Can't find firmware-intel.tcz.

Regards

[coreplayer2]

 :p  give it chance to update the repo, I've submitted but there is a process..

btw the Intel firmware is mostly bluetooth

[pq5190362]

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

[coreplayer2]

I heard that also...   

[coreplayer2]

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/
the remaining updates are from the 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

[coreplayer2]

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

 

[curaga]

It is? I thought the newest firmware was backwards compatible. Got a link?

[coreplayer2]

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
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/  and 
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

:|

[coreplayer2]

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