[CentOS] test builds on private server updates (kernel)

[Andreas Benzler]

Hallo Hughes,

thanks to let me know. It is good that you have a focus on LTS 4.9.
 
Unfortunately it is so that the new graphics cards from amd to today are not served in the opensource.
That's why I'm experimenting with the latest stable versions and what is so. 

My laptop has done the linux-firmware update well, it is nevertheless one of the newest. 

The kernel and appropriate firmware is unfortunately only the one side of a driver when it comes to graphics cards.

The hardware decoding works only sometimes. On CentOS in the moment not (Radeon / Intel), 
but that is not synonymous the focus of a server system. This happens to me also with the
original packages.

I give my homework free in the thought that it might help somebody out there.

Sincerely

Andy

Am Samstag, den 10.06.2017, 05:52 -0500 schrieb Johnny Hughes:
> On 06/10/2017 05:17 AM, Andreas Benzler wrote:
> > Hello Everyone,
> > 
> > 
> > Because my tests on AMD and Intel, I had to update the linux firmware. 
> > Update comes from the upstream fedora packet and also works on centos with new kernel.
> > 
> > linux-firmware-20170605-74.git37857004.el7.centos.noarch
> > 
> 
> If people want an experimental kernel and linux-firmware that lives in
> the centos namespace, we have this:
> 
> 
> http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/experimental/
> 
> There are i386 and x86_64 kernels there.
> 
> Currently we are tracking the 4.9 LTS kernel branch and the fedora
> linux-firmware mentioned above.
> 
> This is also the kernel that we use in the armhfp (32 bit Arm) SIG.
> 
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