Nouveau - Dec 2009 - [TEST REQUEST] nv40 "firmware" replacement

So, I've spent the last few days messing around with replacing our use
of NVIDIA's context programs on GeForce 6/7 hardware and have something
that works on the 4 (2xNV44, NV46, NV4B) cards I have.

The context programs are *much* less complex than NVIDIA's and don't
handle nearly everything NVIDIA's do, however they do work for our
needs, and it's as good a starting point as any.

I've attached the currently generated "firmware" in the same
binary
format we packages NVIDIA's in.  If people with the relevant hardware
could install them, and report success/failure and the chipset they
tested on (the whole "Detected an NVxx generation card" line from
nouveau's dmesg output would be perfect), that'd be great!

I'm now working on moving the code that generated the firmware in the
below tarball to the DRM, and after some testing before I do!

Ben.
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On Tue, 2009-12-15 at 10:09 +0000, STEVEN WARD wrote:
> Dear Ben,
>                  I would like to test the "firmware" for you,but
where
> do I exactly put them into?
Ah sorry, I should've been clearer about that.  Make sure you're running
the latest nouveau DRM (from either nouveau git, or latest linux git)
and the driver will look for the firmware in /usr/lib/firmware/nouveau.

Ben.
> Regards,
>                STEVE555
> 
> > From: skeggsb at gmail.com
> > To: nouveau at lists.freedesktop.org
> > Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:14:10 +1000
> > Subject: [Nouveau] [TEST REQUEST] nv40 "firmware"
replacement
> > 
> > So, I've spent the last few days messing around with replacing our
> use
> > of NVIDIA's context programs on GeForce 6/7 hardware and have
> something
> > that works on the 4 (2xNV44, NV46, NV4B) cards I have.
> > 
> > The context programs are *much* less complex than NVIDIA's and
don't
> > handle nearly everything NVIDIA's do, however they do work for our
> > needs, and it's as good a starting point as any.
> > 
> > I've attached the currently generated "firmware" in the
same binary
> > format we packages NVIDIA's in. If people with the relevant
hardware
> > could install them, and report success/failure and the chipset they
> > tested on (the whole "Detected an NVxx generation card" line
from
> > nouveau's dmesg output would be perfect), that'd be great!
> > 
> > I'm now working on moving the code that generated the firmware in
> the
> > below tarball to the DRM, and after some testing before I do!
> > 
> > Ben.
> 
> 
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On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:14:10 +1000
Ben Skeggs <skeggsb at gmail.com> wrote:
> So, I've spent the last few days messing around with replacing our use
> of NVIDIA's context programs on GeForce 6/7 hardware and have
> something that works on the 4 (2xNV44, NV46, NV4B) cards I have.
> 
> The context programs are *much* less complex than NVIDIA's and
don't
> handle nearly everything NVIDIA's do, however they do work for our
> needs, and it's as good a starting point as any.
> 
> I've attached the currently generated "firmware" in the same
binary
> format we packages NVIDIA's in.  If people with the relevant hardware
> could install them, and report success/failure and the chipset they
> tested on (the whole "Detected an NVxx generation card" line from
> nouveau's dmesg output would be perfect), that'd be great!
> 
> I'm now working on moving the code that generated the firmware in the
> below tarball to the DRM, and after some testing before I do!
> 
> Ben.
I tested this on an nv4e and nv49 and kms+X works fine.