Bug 20423 - Cannot read AtomBIOS: Unknown vendor/chipset for X1250/HD2400Pro
Summary: Cannot read AtomBIOS: Unknown vendor/chipset for X1250/HD2400Pro
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Driver/radeonhd (show other bugs)
Version: 7.4 (2008.09)
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Luc Verhaegen
QA Contact: Xorg Project Team
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Reported: 2009-03-02 06:58 UTC by Walter Haidinger
Modified: 2011-11-07 15:38 UTC (History)
0 users

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Attachments
Xorg.0.log (17.43 KB, text/plain)
2009-03-02 06:58 UTC, Walter Haidinger
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lspci output with BIOS primary VGA set to "Onboard" (9.88 KB, text/plain)
2009-03-02 07:01 UTC, Walter Haidinger
no flags Details
xorg.conf für multi-seat (6.00 KB, text/plain)
2009-03-02 07:04 UTC, Walter Haidinger
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Description Walter Haidinger 2009-03-02 06:58:59 UTC
Created attachment 23439 [details]
Xorg.0.log

Unknown devices from Xorg.0.log (first one is integrated X1250, second is
PCIe HD2400, see attachments for details):

(--) PCI:*(0@1:5:0) unknown vendor (0x1002) unknown chipset (0x791e) rev
0, Mem @ 0xf0000000/134217728, 0xfdbf0000/65536, 0xfda00000/1048576, I/O @ 0x0000ce00/256
(--) PCI: (0@2:0:0) unknown vendor (0x1002) unknown chipset (0x94c3) rev
0, Mem @ 0xd0000000/268435456, 0xfd9e0000/65536, I/O @ 0x0000ee00/256, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072

Also from attached Xorg.0.log:
(II) RADEONHD(0): PCIE Card Detected
(II) RADEONHD(0): Getting BIOS copy from PCI ROM
(EE) RADEONHD(0): Cannot read BIOS image
(II) RADEONHD(0): Query for AtomBIOS Init: failed

Hardware:
* Asus M2A-VM mainboard with X1250 onboard graphics
<http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=1568&l1=3&l2=101&l3=496&l4=0>
<http://geizhals.at/a243030.html>
* Sapphire Radeon HD 2400 Pro HyperMemory low profile, 256MB
<http://www.sapphiretech.com/us/products/products_overview.php?gpid=185&grp=3>
<http://geizhals.at/a401734.html>

Software:
* OpenSUSE 11.1/x86_64 with all patches (as of 2008-03-01)
* radeonhd from the "X11:Drivers:Video (openSUSE_11.1)" repository:
  xorg-x11-driver-video-radeonhd-1.2.4_121202_4e89726-2.1

If you need anything else, please let me know.
Comment 1 Walter Haidinger 2009-03-02 07:01:03 UTC
Created attachment 23440 [details]
lspci output with BIOS primary VGA set to "Onboard"

In order to get both graphics cards active, I have to set the primary card
on "Onboard" in the M2A-VM BIOS. If set to the default "PCIEx", then the
onbard graphics is deactivated if a dedicated graphics card is detected,
i.e. the onboard graphics isn't even listed anymore (no 01:05.0 device and
02:00.0 becomes 01:00.0),
e.g. lspci with BIOS default settings:

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV610 video device [Radeon HD 2400 PRO]
01:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RV610 audio device [Radeon HD 2400 PRO]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B
PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)
Comment 2 Walter Haidinger 2009-03-02 07:04:16 UTC
Created attachment 23441 [details]
xorg.conf für multi-seat 

First of all, please note that this only about the driver issue, this bug is NOT about any configuration (xorg.conf, gdm, etc) problem!

Regarding the xorg.conf layout:
I'm trying to setup a multi-desktop (two distinct screens, each owning a
keyboard and a mouse) for two people, not a regular single-user
multi-monitor (dual-head) system.
I've successfully done this before with Matrox (e.g. two Matrox QID for an
8-seat system) and even Nvidia cards, so this is IMHO an ATI driver issue.

Also interesting:
If the second ServerLayout in xorg.conf is commented out, leaving only
the 02:00.0 BusID-bound HD2400, the driver still tries to access the
01:05.0 X1200 card (and fails).
Comment 3 Martijn Bastiaan 2009-03-02 07:34:43 UTC
See http://www.x.org/wiki/radeonhd point 10.15. I'm trying to accomplish the same thing as you do. The wiki doesn't work for me, let me know if it works for you!
Comment 4 Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia 2011-10-16 16:00:28 UTC
Does this issue occur with the preferred ati driver (xf86-vide-ati)?  If so, please move this to the Driver/Radeon component.  

Development of radeonhd has pretty much halted and development focus is on the ati driver.  Please see http://www.x.org/wiki/radeonhd

If the issue does not exist in the ati driver (or if there is no response to this message), this bug will be closed as WONTFIX unless someone contributes a patch.
Comment 5 Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia 2011-11-07 15:38:46 UTC
Closing due to lack of response.  Please reopen and move to the Driver/Radeon 
component if this issue persists with xf86-video-ati


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