Re: [PATCH] drm/msm/adreno: Soften no-firmware message

From: Hans de Goede

Date: Thu Oct 29 2026 - 06:55:28 EST


Hi,

On 29-Oct-26 1:16 AM, Rob Clark wrote:
> It isn't _necessarily_ an error, the driver will try again each time the
> device file is opened. But if you don't have GPU fw in the initrd, you
> end up seeing this error message at least once. Which seems to confuse
> users. So try to re-word it slightly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rob Clark <robin.clark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, patch looks good to me:

Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <johannes.goede@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Regards,

Hans


> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c | 8 ++++----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
> index 5832dc25d6bf..6db6cb7eb287 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
> @@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ adreno_request_fw(struct adreno_gpu *adreno_gpu, const char *fwname)
> adreno_gpu->fwloc = FW_LOCATION_NEW;
> goto out;
> } else if (adreno_gpu->fwloc != FW_LOCATION_UNKNOWN) {
> - DRM_DEV_ERROR(drm->dev, "failed to load %s: %d\n",
> + DRM_DEV_INFO(drm->dev, "failed to load %s: %d (will try again later)\n",
> newname, ret);
> fw = ERR_PTR(ret);
> goto out;
> @@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ adreno_request_fw(struct adreno_gpu *adreno_gpu, const char *fwname)
> adreno_gpu->fwloc = FW_LOCATION_LEGACY;
> goto out;
> } else if (adreno_gpu->fwloc != FW_LOCATION_UNKNOWN) {
> - DRM_DEV_ERROR(drm->dev, "failed to load %s: %d\n",
> + DRM_DEV_INFO(drm->dev, "failed to load %s: %d (will try again later)\n",
> fwname, ret);
> fw = ERR_PTR(ret);
> goto out;
> @@ -599,14 +599,14 @@ adreno_request_fw(struct adreno_gpu *adreno_gpu, const char *fwname)
> adreno_gpu->fwloc = FW_LOCATION_HELPER;
> goto out;
> } else if (adreno_gpu->fwloc != FW_LOCATION_UNKNOWN) {
> - DRM_DEV_ERROR(drm->dev, "failed to load %s: %d\n",
> + DRM_DEV_INFO(drm->dev, "failed to load %s: %d (will try again later)\n",
> newname, ret);
> fw = ERR_PTR(ret);
> goto out;
> }
> }
>
> - DRM_DEV_ERROR(drm->dev, "failed to load %s\n", fwname);
> + DRM_DEV_INFO(drm->dev, "failed to load %s (will try again later)\n", fwname);
> fw = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
> out:
> kfree(newname);