How to enable graphics on latest AMD Ryzen cpu and gpu (7, 8, 9 family)

priyadarshan · Jun 4, 2022

I was experiencing kernel freeze first, and xorg freeze later, on a new PC, AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX cpu, Matisse GPU, "green_sardine" firmware,

Code:

pciconf -lv | grep -i vga
vgapci0@pci0:4:0:0:     class=0x030000 rev=0xc4 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x1002 device=0x1638 subvendor=0x1002 subdevice=0x0123
    subclass   = VGA

This is how it was fixed.

Description: As of June 2022, on latest AMD CPUs (AMD Ryzen 7, 8, 9) AMD graphic drivers will not work yet, manual patching needs to be applied.

On a test machine, using AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX with Radeon Graphics, I was able to have a perfectly healthy desktop using the following procedure, I believe the same would work with 5700x and 5800x families.

Packages will hopefully be available by August/September, until then, one needs to use ports.

The following is on a machine without source or ports.

1. Make sure to track 'latest' repository

2. Install git

pkg install -y git

3. Make sure FreeBSD source is available

git clone -b releng/13.1 https://git.freebsd.org/src.git /usr/src

4. Make sure ports are available

cd /usr/ports
portsnap fetch extract

5. Build and install latest amd firmware

cd /usr/ports/graphics/gpu-firmware-amd-kmod/

Make sure to drop into sh (not csh), then

FLAVOR=green_sardine make install clean

6. Build and install latest drm-kmod

cd /usr/ports/graphics/drm-510-kmod/

~~The latest firmware has a bug on our gpu class:~~ ~~Cannot allocate memory on green_sardine~~

It was fixed 2 weeks ago, see how to apply manually.

PR about ~~Disable HDCP on green_sardine and renoir~~

~~Check that patch is already there, If not, apply manually to file psp_v12_0.c~~

make install clean

(2022-06-10: PR #172 was merged. No more need to patch drm-kmod)

7. Build and install xf86-video-amdgpu

cd /usr/ports/x11-drivers/xf86-video-amdgpu

make extract

Make sure it is updated at least to 22.0.0. If not, apply patch from here: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D35269

Then,

make install clean

(Edit 2022-06-19: No need to patch. Drivers are now at least v.22.0.0)

8. Install xorg and window manager of choice

No need for any additional conf file. It should all work auto-magically. I personally like KDE but I prefer to start it manually. So I did this:

echo "exec startplasma-x11" >> ~/.xinitrc

Then I can start with:

startx

9. Fix stuttering

sysctl kern.sched.steal_thresh=1

I found it on this mailing list message, as linked from this reddit comment.

10. Enjoy an excellent (IMHO) desktop experience

Many thanks to grahamperrin for pointing to the right way in many other threads, and also to SirDice for his generous assistance to so many beginners over the years. Thank you.

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Edit 2022-08-30: Now only two ports need to be compiled.

Assuming one has install FreeBSD 13.1 with source and ports, do this from sh (not csh), root:

sh:

cd /usr/ports
portsnap fetch extract
cd /usr/ports/graphics/gpu-firmware-amd-kmod/
FLAVOR=green_sardine make install clean
cd /usr/ports/graphics/drm-510-kmod/
make install clean
sysrc  kld_list+="amdgpu"
pkg install -y xf86-video-amdgpu

# KDE
pkg install -y xorg kde5
echo "exec startplasma-x11" >> ~/.xinitrc/

Make sure to add your desktop user to video group.

zeissoctopus · Aug 2, 2022

Ryzen 5600G APU works after installing graphics/drm-510-kmod, graphics/gpu-firmware-amd-kmod@green_sardine

cmoerz · Aug 3, 2022

EDIT: Correction if anyone is reading this... I'm stupid; this probably might still not work - I should have focused more on the content of the post, which points out Ryzen 9. Below details were tested on Ryzen 7, so I can't actually say for sure that this works in the given scenario.

So take this with a grain of salt, but leaving it as a signpost for my own stupidity and myself to step speed reading...

I should probably also add that this requires 13 stable to work, if I remember correctly... so release is SOL.

--

One alternative that works with graphics/drm-devel-kmod and x11-servers/xorg-vfbserver is to add a patch file. At least, that's how it worked for me to get X11 running:

Code:

/usr/ports/graphics/drm-devel-kmod # cat files/patch-drivers_gpu_drm_amd_amdgpu_amdgpu__drv.c
--- drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c.orig        2022-01-25 19:35:39 UTC
+++ drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c
@@ -1019,6 +1019,7 @@ static const struct pci_device_id pciidlist[] = {
 
        /* Renoir */
        {0x1002, 0x1636, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CHIP_RENOIR|AMD_IS_APU},
+       {0x1002, 0x1638, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CHIP_RENOIR|AMD_IS_APU},
 
        /* Navi12 */
        {0x1002, 0x7360, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CHIP_NAVI12|AMD_EXP_HW_SUPPORT},

this basically tells the driver to handle Cezanne graphics like the Renoir one.

I also had to add /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/amdgpu.conf:

Code:

Section "Device"
        Identifier "Card0"
        Driver "amdgpu"
EndSection

donallen · Sep 11, 2022

priyadarshan said:
I was experiencing kernel freeze first, and xorg freeze later, on a new PC, AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX cpu, Matisse GPU, "green_sardine" firmware,

Code:

pciconf -lv | grep -i vga vgapci0@pci0:4:0:0: class=0x030000 rev=0xc4 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x1002 device=0x1638 subvendor=0x1002 subdevice=0x0123 subclass = VGA

This is how it was fixed.

Description: As of June 2022, on latest AMD CPUs (AMD Ryzen 7, 8, 9) AMD graphic drivers will not work yet, manual patching needs to be applied.

On a test machine, using AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX with Radeon Graphics, I was able to have a perfectly healthy desktop using the following procedure, I believe the same would work with 5700x and 5800x families.

Packages will hopefully be available by August/September, until then, one needs to use ports.

The following is on a machine without source or ports.

1. Make sure to track 'latest' repository

2. Install git

pkg install -y git

3. Make sure FreeBSD source is available

git clone -b releng/13.1 https://git.freebsd.org/src.git /usr/src

4. Make sure ports are available

cd /usr/ports
portsnap fetch extract

5. Build and install latest amd firmware

cd /usr/ports/graphics/gpu-firmware-amd-kmod/

Make sure to drop into sh (not csh), then

FLAVOR=green_sardine make install clean

6. Build and install latest drm-kmod

cd /usr/ports/graphics/drm-510-kmod/

~~The latest firmware has a bug on our gpu class:~~ ~~Cannot allocate memory on green_sardine~~

It was fixed 2 weeks ago, see how to apply manually.

PR about ~~Disable HDCP on green_sardine and renoir~~

~~Check that patch is already there, If not, apply manually to file psp_v12_0.c~~

make install clean

(2022-06-10: PR #172 was merged. No more need to patch drm-kmod)

7. Build and install xf86-video-amdgpu

cd /usr/ports/x11-drivers/xf86-video-amdgpu

make extract

Make sure it is updated at least to 22.0.0. If not, apply patch from here: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D35269

Then,

make install clean

(Edit 2022-06-19: No need to patch. Drivers are now at least v.22.0.0)

8. Install xorg and window manager of choice

No need for any additional conf file. It should all work auto-magically. I personally like KDE but I prefer to start it manually. So I did this:

echo "exec startplasma-x11" >> ~/.xinitrc

Then I can start with:

startx

9. Fix stuttering

sysctl kern.sched.steal_thresh=1

I found it on this mailing list message, as linked from this reddit comment.

10. Enjoy an excellent (IMHO) desktop experience

Many thanks to grahamperrin for pointing to the right way in many other threads, and also to SirDice for his generous assistance to so many beginners over the years. Thank you.

----

Edit 2022-08-30: Now only two ports need to be compiled.

Assuming one has install FreeBSD 13.1 with source and ports, do this from sh (not csh), root:

sh:

cd /usr/ports portsnap fetch extract cd /usr/ports/graphics/gpu-firmware-amd-kmod/ FLAVOR=green_sardine make install clean cd /usr/ports/graphics/drm-510-kmod/ make install clean sysrc kld_list+="amdgpu" pkg install -y xf86-video-amdgpu # KDE pkg install -y xorg kde5 echo "exec startplasma-x11" >> ~/.xinitrc[/

Make sure to add your desktop user to video group.

Thank you very much for this. I just upgraded an old PC with a Ryzen 5600g on an MSI board. I installed FreeBSD 13.1 release and got nowhere trying to get
X to work until I found your message. You explained what you'd learned clearly and completely, which brought an hour or two of frustration to an end. Thanks again.

How to enable graphics on latest AMD Ryzen cpu and gpu (7, 8, 9 family)

priyadarshan

zeissoctopus

cmoerz

donallen