Linux 4.9-rc6 Released, Final Might Be Pushed Back By Another Week

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Linux 4.9-rc6 Released, Final Might Be Pushed Back By Another Week

The sixth weekly test release of the Linux 4.9 kernel is now available while Linus Torvalds is still deciding how many more RCs to go before officially releasing this huge kernel update...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-4.9-rc6-Released

[DonQ]

It boots to a black screen for me. I am able to use Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot it and I was able to ssh to it from my cell phone and check out the log files. It looks like it's failing because it can't find firmware file tonga_k_smc.bin. Thoughts, solutions, workarounds anyone?
Z170, i7 6700K, R9 380x

[DonQ]

It boots to a black screen for me. I am able to use Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot it and I was able to ssh to it from my cell phone and check out the log files. It looks like it's failing because it can't find firmware file tonga_k_smc.bin. Thoughts, solutions, workarounds anyone?
Z170, i7 6700K, R9 380x

Nevermind, I found it https://people.freedesktop.org/~agd5f/radeon_ucode/, copied it to /lib/firmware/amdgpu and X booted without errors. Will test tonight for stability.

[cRaZy-bisCuiT]

How do you actually use this in any distro? I thought it's Fedora related? Will it work on Arch Linux? Will it also make audio over HDMI work?