https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109206

--- Comment #57 from Joe Coutcher <joseph.coutcher@gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Ondrej Lang from comment #55)
> Hi Joe,
> 
> I'm quite sure your issue is not related to this ticket. The problem in this
> bug report is quite specific and is related to the raven_dmcu.bin firmware.
> It has a specific symptom where the screen is not initialized during boot
> (stays blank / black) so I think you need to report your problem somewhere
> else. Also, it would be good if you can check the kernel log after crash and
> see what error messages you have and then google for that specific message
> to find if someone else already created a bug report for it.
> 
> I have been running kernel 5.2 since yesterday and had no issues whatsoever.
> I also just run the Basemark Web 3.0 benchmark and had no issues.
> 
> As for your lockups, I know that the AMD APU had problems with random
> lockups in earlier kernels (if I remember correctly it was related to the
> C-state changes of the CPU), I myself had the problem and for me the fix was
> to add "idle=nomwait" to my kernel parameters. That fixed the random lockups
> for me. Now I don't know if this issue has already been addressed, last time
> I tried without the parameter was kernel 5.0 I think and still had lockups,
> so this might not be related to your specific problem, but as I said, best
> course of action for you is to inspect the kernel log after a crash, check
> the error message and then search for a bug report with that error and
> report your findings there.

Sorry...I was using the Lynx browser to type out the reply last night and
didn't include all the details.  :-)

My report was related to this issue.  On every distro I've tried (Ubuntu 19.04,
Fedora 30, OpenSuSE Tumbleweed), whenever it tries to initialize the firmware,
the system goes to a black screen.  The only way for me to get around it is to
boot with nomodeset, remove raven_dmcu.bin, update my initrd, and reboot.

My tests were to provide a baseline: fresh install, no workarounds applied,
with kernel 5.2rc7 and latest linux-firmware package (AFAIK.)  Under those
conditions, raven_dmcu.bin loads, I can get to the GUI, but seeing garbage on
the screen.

When I have some time this weekend, I'll do some more testing/sift through the
logs/try building 5.2 final and see if anything jumps out at me.  I'll also
retry my tests with idle=nomwait.

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