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7c-woa: some more firmware notes
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hexdump0815 committed Mar 4, 2023
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Expand Up @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ later for the linux side - the actual files are in subfolders and for some
there are multiple versions around - in those cases the latest should be the
best.

for this and other reasones it is a good idea to leave a windows installation
for this and other reasons it is a good idea to leave a windows installation
on the device - only this way it is possible to get firmware and bios updates
and besides that some information useful for linux bringup can be found in
*.inf files and the registry in windows.
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qcvss7180.mbn
wlanmdsp.mbn
```
for gpu functionality only qcdxkmsuc7180.mbn is required, the other files are
required for things like wifi, video decoding, audio etc.

see also:
- https://oftc.irclog.whitequark.org/aarch64-laptops/2023-02-21#31912679
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qcvss7180.mbn
wlanmdsp.mbn
```
for gpu functionality only qcdxkmsuc7180.mbn is required, the other files are
required for things like wifi, video decoding, audio, lte modem etc.

it looks like there is still some problem with the qcmpss7180 firmware on the
samsung galaxy book go and as a result it is better to move those two files
away for now as otherwise the log might get spammed by failed tries to load
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```
after a reboot freedreno support should be enabled in xorg if everything is
setup correctly.

## some general notes around firmware and firmware loading

i noticed filesystem errors when running from usb and i'm not sure if those
started when i started playing around with the firmware files or if they
were around already before (i.e. some independent usb problem then). it
could be that this is also related to firmware loading similar to what is
described here (and in the lines around):
https://oftc.irclog.whitequark.org/aarch64-laptops/2023-01-28#31850582
but this does not have to be the case.

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