Minimal set of gpu-firmware for radeon GPU

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In order to get my GPUs working (integrated Intel HD Graphics 3000 and discrete AMD (ATI) Radeon HD 7400), I need to install the
drm-kmod package. However, it installs 143 packages of firmware in total, including firmware not needed for my machine. Hence installing the whole drm-kmod set of packages is a waste of disk space. How would I find out what is the minimal set of gpu-firmware* packages I need?
 
DenyAllow said:
In order to get my GPUs working (integrated Intel HD Graphics 3000 and discrete AMD (ATI) Radeon HD 7400), I need to install the
drm-kmod package. However, it installs 143 packages of firmware in total, including firmware not needed for my machine. Hence installing the whole drm-kmod set of packages is a waste of disk space. How would I find out what is the minimal set of gpu-firmware* packages I need?
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Install everything and than run kldstat and you will see what do you need it and delete other and later install just what you need it.
https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/drm-kmod.101771/#post-745915
 
fernandel said:
Install everything and than run kldstat and you will see what do you need it and delete other and later install just what you need it.
https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/drm-kmod.101771/#post-745915
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kldstat reports i915kms.ko and amdgpu.ko. Not very informative to me: Intel firmware packages are separated through CPU generations (alderlake, skylake, tigerlake). My CPU's code name is "Sandy Bridge", but there doesn't seem to be such a package. Also, there are no amdgpu packages, just the radeon ones, and they're separated through chipset names. I suppose, my Radeon GPU applies to the "Northern Islands" family, and I'd like to know which chipsets belong to it.
 
Use:
dmesg| grep firmware
And look if there is firmware loading for i915 and amdgpu. With pkg which for finding the firmwares packages needed and remove all other.
 
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