https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91880
--- Comment #110 from Chris Waters doublebytegames@gmail.com --- (In reply to John Bridgman from comment #108)
Chris, are you using the -k firmware files and associated kernel patches, updated initrd if needed, etc... ?
I have not for two reasons.
1. As Christoffer mentions, the _k firmware only seems good for the 390X
2. I'm unfamiliar with the process of doing such and the steps for doing it are spread across 100+ comments with no real sign of what steps are the right ones.
My impression is that a few different issues are being discussed in this one ticket, and that is hampering progress. Not quite sure what the right split would be (if we were to close this and replace with N more focused tickets) but probably one of them should be for stability problems when running the -k firmware and checking whether locking dpm level to performance makes a difference.
Still, these issues make using an 390 or 390X on Linux a nightmare. This issue isn't "minor" and its importance rating should reflect that. This is a major (or even critical) bug report, IMO.
One that has been open for 10 months, I might add.