I have the same bug with debian sid and kernel 4.8. System fails to start X due to missing firmware.
# uname -a Linux fx8350 4.8.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.8.5-1 (2016-10-30) x86_64 GNU/Linux # dmesg | tail -n 100 [ 8.583934] [drm] initializing kernel modesetting (PITCAIRN 0x1002:0x6810 0x174B:0xE271 0x00). [ 8.583954] [drm] register mmio base: 0xFEA00000 [ 8.583955] [drm] register mmio size: 262144 [ 8.584055] ATOM BIOS: C63101 [ 8.584125] radeon 0000:01:00.0: VRAM: 2048M 0x0000000000000000 - 0x000000007FFFFFFF (2048M used) [ 8.584129] radeon 0000:01:00.0: GTT: 2048M 0x0000000080000000 - 0x00000000FFFFFFFF [ 8.584131] [drm] Detected VRAM RAM=2048M, BAR=256M [ 8.584132] [drm] RAM width 256bits DDR [ 8.584300] [TTM] Zone kernel: Available graphics memory: 8200472 kiB [ 8.584304] [TTM] Zone dma32: Available graphics memory: 2097152 kiB [ 8.584306] [TTM] Initializing pool allocator [ 8.584315] [TTM] Initializing DMA pool allocator [ 8.584350] [drm] radeon: 2048M of VRAM memory ready [ 8.584352] [drm] radeon: 2048M of GTT memory ready. [ 8.584376] [drm] Loading pitcairn Microcode [ 8.633232] radeon 0000:01:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware radeon/pitcairn_pfp.bin [ 8.657769] EXT4-fs (sdc5): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null) [ 8.666428] radeon 0000:01:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware radeon/pitcairn_me.bin [ 8.699758] radeon 0000:01:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware radeon/pitcairn_ce.bin [ 8.732070] radeon 0000:01:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware radeon/pitcairn_rlc.bin [ 8.761528] radeon 0000:01:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware radeon/pitcairn_mc.bin [ 8.761566] radeon 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load radeon/pitcairn_k_smc.bin (-2) [ 8.761611] radeon 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for radeon/pitcairn_k_smc.bin failed with error -2 [ 8.779676] radeon 0000:01:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware radeon/PITCAIRN_smc.bin [ 8.779680] si_fw: mixing new and old firmware! [ 8.779791] [drm:si_init [radeon]] *ERROR* Failed to load firmware! [ 8.779828] radeon 0000:01:00.0: Fatal error during GPU init [ 8.779864] [drm] radeon: finishing device. [ 8.786987] [TTM] Finalizing pool allocator [ 8.786992] [TTM] Finalizing DMA pool allocator [ 8.787081] [TTM] Zone kernel: Used memory at exit: 0 kiB [ 8.787084] [TTM] Zone dma32: Used memory at exit: 0 kiB [ 8.787086] [drm] radeon: ttm finalized [ 8.787429] radeon: probe of 0000:01:00.0 failed with error -22 On Sun, 25 Sep 2016 22:03:56 +0200 Sven Joachim <svenj...@gmx.de> wrote: > Package: firmware-amd-graphics > Version: 20160824-1 > Severity: normal > > There are warnings from update-initramfs that some radeon firmware files > are missing: > > ,---- > | # update-initramfs -u > | update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.8.0-rc7-pavil+ > | W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/radeon/hainan_k_smc.bin for > module radeon > | W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/radeon/oland_k_smc.bin for > module radeon > | W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/radeon/verde_k_smc.bin for > module radeon > | W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/radeon/pitcairn_k_smc.bin for > module radeon > | W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/radeon/tahiti_k_smc.bin for > module radeon > | W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/radeon/hawaii_k_smc.bin for > module radeon > | W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/radeon/bonaire_k_smc.bin for > module radeon > `---- > > These files have been added upstream on 2016-06-08 in commits > 406964300821 and 9693ff6d749d. > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: stretch/sid > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > Foreign Architectures: i386 > > Kernel: Linux 4.8.0-rc7-pavil+ (SMP w/4 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) > > firmware-amd-graphics depends on no packages. > > firmware-amd-graphics recommends no packages. > > Versions of packages firmware-amd-graphics suggests: > ii initramfs-tools 0.125 > > -- no debconf information > >