linux-firmware missing renoir_ta

[Ainar Garipov]

[ Impact ]

After today's update to the 5.13 kernel, my laptop's screen stopped working, showing random patterns instead. The laptop is ThinkPad X13 with an AMD GPU.

In dmesg there was a message about amdgpu/renoir_ta.bin missing. Following some StackOverflow advice, I downloaded and installed linux-firmware_1.201_all.deb from the 21.10 repo, which has amdgpu/renoir_ta.bin and rebooted, which fixed my issue.

Proposed Solution

Add amdgpu/renoir_ta.bin to the current version of the linux-firmware package for 20.04 LTS.

Additional Data

  $ lsb_release -a
LSB Version: core-11.1.0ubuntu2-noarch:printing-11.1.0ubuntu2-noarch:security-11.1.0ubuntu2-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS
Release: 20.04
Codename: focal

  $ uname -a
Linux ainar-ThinkPad-X13-Gen-1 5.13.0-25-generic #26~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 7 16:27:40 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[ Test Case ]

See above. Kernel log shows firmware load failures for amdgpu firmware in combination with the OEM 5.13 kernel.

[ Fix ]

Kernel fixes for new amdgpu firmware have landed in linux-oem-5.13 so it's now safe to update amdgpu firmware on focal to match impish.

[ Where Problems Could Occur ]

Display issues with amdgpu.

[AaronMa (mapengyu)]

Looks like it is duplicate of LP:1942419

[AaronMa (mapengyu)]

Ubuntu-1.187.16
Ubuntu-1.187.17
Ubuntu-1.187.18
These are the bad version need renoir_ta, any older or newer versions doesn't need it.

Could you confirm the version of linux-firmware?

[AaronMa (mapengyu)]

A quick test on 5.13.0-25, there is error reported about missing renoir_ta.bin.
Graphic works fine, not reproduced this issue.

Are there any other steps to reproduce it?

[Marius Meisenzahl (meisenzahl)]

I can also confirm this issue.

I added a "screenshot" in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1958343.

[Ainar Garipov (ainar-g)]

> Looks like it is duplicate of LP:1942419

I'm not sure. That one says that the fix has been released, but my version of linux-firmware before installing 1.201 was 1.187.25.

> Could you confirm the version of linux-firmware?

It was 1.187.25 before the update.

> Graphic works fine, not reproduced this issue.
>
> Are there any other steps to reproduce it?

The bug occurs when you restart the machine. At first it shows the login screen, but then it almost immediately start showing noise. The only thing I can think of off the top of my head is that the ThinkPad is connected over USB-C to a dock station, ThinkPad USB-C Dock Gen 2. Although the issue isn't fixed if I remove it.

I'll try to investigate further when I'm working with that machine again later today.

Are there any tips regarding which logs I should look besides dmesg?

[Marius Meisenzahl (meisenzahl)]

I was able to fix the problem temporarily with a downgrade: sudo apt install linux-firmware=1.187

After a reboot, I no longer have any graphics errors.

After another reboot, the problem occurs again.

[AaronMa (mapengyu)]

@ainar-g, right, dmesg will be useful.

@Marius, could you try sudo apt install linux-firmware=1.187.24 to find the first bad version?

version should be 1.187.2[0-5].

[Marius Meisenzahl (meisenzahl)]

@Aaron, I am not able to find the first bad version because apt tells me that the specified version for firmware-linux was not found. See the attached log.

[Ainar Garipov (ainar-g)]

Here's the dmesg output with the bad linux-firmware version. I wasn't able to fetch 1.187.24, because it seems like it is removed from the repositories.

[AaronMa (mapengyu)]

Thanks,
dmesg doesn't show any error.

Anyway, Juerg is SRU the amdgpu renoir firmware that is the same as impish linux-firmware_1.201

[simonschmeisser (s-schmeisser)]

Not being able to use my T14s builtin screen is pretty annoying, can the SRU already be tested somewhere? Do you need further information?

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

Hello Ainar, or anyone else affected,

Accepted linux-firmware into focal-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/1.187.26 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed-focal to verification-done-focal. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-focal. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

[Ainar Garipov (ainar-g)]

Hello Timo!

I have just enabled the focal-proposed repo (which required me to also update libc and other libraries despite the guide saying that no other packages should be shown as updatable after the preferences.d entry is added) and updated to 1.187.26.

The issue seems to be fixed for me.

[futtta (futtta)]

Installed 1.187.26 from proposed and can confirm this fixed the problem for me with no other regressions spotted (Thinkpad x13 AMD as well).

[Marius Meisenzahl (meisenzahl)]

I downloaded 1.187.26 from https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/1.187.26/+build/23103399. I can also confirm that it fixes the problem.

[Juerg Haefliger (juergh)]

Seems to be fixed per previous comments so adding tag 'verification-done-focal'.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux-firmware - 1.187.26

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linux-firmware (1.187.26) focal; urgency=medium

  * [SRU][F] Add firmware of MT7922 (LP: #1958153)
    - linux-firmware: add firmware for MT7922
    - linux-firmware: add frimware for mediatek bluetooth chip (MT7922)
  * linux-firmware missing renoir_ta (LP: #1958283)
    - amdgpu: update renoir firmware for 20.10
    - amdgpu: update renoir firmware from 20.20 release
    - amdgpu: update renoir firmware for 20.30
    - amdgpu: update renoir firmware for 20.40
    - amdgpu: update renoir firmware for 20.45
    - amdgpu: update renoir firmware for 20.50
    - amdgpu: update renoir firmware from 21.10
    - amdgpu: update renoir firmware from 21.20
    - amdgpu: update vcn firmware for renoir for 21.20
    - amdgpu: update renoir firmware from 21.30
    - amdgpu: update VCN firmware for renoir
  * mt7921e 0000:02:00.0: PM: failed to resume async: error -110 (LP: #1958286)
    - linux-firmware: update frimware for mediatek bluetooth chip (MT7921)
    - linux-firmware: update firmware for mediatek bluetooth chip (MT7921)
    - linux-firmware: update firmware for MT7921 WiFi device
    - linux-firmware: update firmware for MT7921 WiFi device
    - linux-firmware: update firmware for mediatek bluetooth chip(MT7921)
  * [SRU][F] Add mt8183 SCP firmware (LP: #1959064)
    - mediatek: Add mt8183 SCP firmware
  * AMD Yellow Carp DMCUB fw update for s0i3 B0 fixes (LP: #1957026)
    - amdgpu: update yellow carp dmcub firmware

 -- Juerg Haefliger <email address hidden> Fri, 28 Jan 2022 10:54:30 +0100

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for linux-firmware has completed successfully and the package is now being released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.