ATI Drivers In Kernel?

mechanic · Post by **mechanic** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 4:44 pm

ATI Drivers In Kernel?

After a bout of Male Mentelpause I have lost my config file and kernel I was using on X1000. I have re-installed Mint 11 using the 3.5.7 kernel and need to build another custom kernel. I want to try 3.14.2 first but have forgotten which graphics firmware needs to be built into the kernel for boot and run.

I have a HD6850 and know the 4 BARTS and the BTC firmware need to be compiled in but there is also 1 or 2 more (I think) necessary to prevent the long wait at startup at .....returning from PROMint.

Any idea?

xeno74 · Post by **xeno74** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 7:30 pm

mechanic wrote:ATI Drivers In Kernel?

After a bout of Male Mentelpause I have lost my config file and kernel I was using on X1000. I have re-installed Mint 11 using the 3.5.7 kernel and need to build another custom kernel. I want to try 3.14.2 first but have forgotten which graphics firmware needs to be built into the kernel for boot and run.

I have a HD6850 and know the 4 BARTS and the BTC firmware need to be compiled in but there is also 1 or 2 more (I think) necessary to prevent the long wait at startup at .....returning from PROMint.

Any idea?

3.14 is an old kernel. You could use the 3.17 or 3.18 kernel. The Radeon drivers are compiled in these kernels. In these packages are the kernel configs too. In these configs you can see which firmware files are required for your HD6850 (BARTS).

Kernel downloads: supertuxkart-amiga.de

Post by **daz** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 2:44 pm

mechanic wrote:ATI Drivers In Kernel?

After a bout of Male Mentelpause I have lost my config file and kernel I was using on X1000. I have re-installed Mint 11 using the 3.5.7 kernel and need to build another custom kernel. I want to try 3.14.2 first but have forgotten which graphics firmware needs to be built into the kernel for boot and run.

Boot with the kernel you want to rebuild and enter the following in a terminal:

zcat /proc/config.gz >cur_config

Then load (or rename to .config) the file cur_config.

I have a HD6850 and know the 4 BARTS and the BTC firmware need to be compiled in but there is also 1 or 2 more (I think) necessary to prevent the long wait at startup at .....returning from PROMint.

Any idea?

For that card the files you need are:

BARTS_mc.bin
BARTS_me.bin
BARTS_pfp.bin

BTC_rlc.bin (This one is the common interrupt driver for Barts Turks and Caicos cards)

and depending on which kernel you intend to use you may also need:

BARTS_smc.bin

Note these names are case sensitive!

Regards
Darren

mechanic · Post by **mechanic** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 5:08 pm

Thanks Darren,

The problem is I don't have the 3.10 kernel to extract from. Pfft! Gone.

I'm able to build the other kernels, and they work, but they all take a long time waiting at "returning from prom_int" . So I'm either missing something or have forgotten something, or perhaps maybe it's the compiler(???).

I'll keep at it.

mechanic · Post by **mechanic** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 3:14 pm

Problem solved.
All that is needed is to rip half the stuff out of the kernel.

xeno74 · Post by **xeno74** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 4:26 pm

mechanic wrote:Problem solved.
All that is needed is to rip half the stuff out of the kernel.

I could host your small kernels if you like.

I think there are some people who are interested in small kernels.

mechanic · Post by **mechanic** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 7:22 pm

The problem with that is my kernel is only for the extra equipment in my computer. If they have a different video card, or two video cards, or are using a different sound card then they would be in trouble.

What is really needed is to get more people building kernels. They don't have to be experts, and as long as they don't replace the running kernel & modules with something of the same name.....then it's okay to screw up a new kernel, trash it, and try again.

I think you are doing a wonderful job with kernel development and for you to get side tracked with building custom kernels, or trying to answer questions about them would be a shame.

I just wish people would be less afraid of crashing a computer in the persuit of knowledge.
It ain't like crashing a car.

mechanic · Post by **mechanic** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 8:12 pm

Just for your amusement I attached my 3.14.2 Makefile from the 3.14.2 source code firmware directory. You might be interested in the Make modules_install part near the top.

Hidden Text - Click to Show :

Notice all the # marks?
I'm not sure how much more can be safely removed.

It's all fun

I would post my config file but it's 9k too big for this forum,,,,, besides, it would probably give you a heart attack.

xeno74 · Post by **xeno74** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 5:25 pm

mechanic wrote: What is really needed is to get more people building kernels.

You're right.

mechanic wrote: I think you are doing a wonderful job with kernel development and for you to get side tracked with building custom kernels, or trying to answer questions about them would be a shame.

Thank you! My pleasure! But there are a lot of people in the background, who work day by day for the Linux support for all A-EON AMIGA ones.

Thank you to Alex Perez, Pat Wall, Darren Stevens, and Trevor Dickinson for the great work in the background.

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