diff --git a/v2/content/posts/2020/linux-amdgpu-pixel-format.md b/v2/content/posts/2020/linux-amdgpu-pixel-format.md
index a862894..8ff07d6 100644
--- a/v2/content/posts/2020/linux-amdgpu-pixel-format.md
+++ b/v2/content/posts/2020/linux-amdgpu-pixel-format.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title = "Setting the amdgpu HDMI Pixel Format on Linux"
date = 2020-05-30T08:48:30+10:00
[extra]
-updated = 2020-06-02T08:15:44+10:00
+updated = 2021-05-15T10:15:08+10:00
+++
This week I discovered some details of digital display technology that I was
@@ -93,19 +93,34 @@ Now we need to get the kernel to use the modified file:
1. `sudo mkdir /lib/firmware/edid`
1. `sudo mv edid.bin /lib/firmware/edid/edid.bin`
-1. Edit the kernel command line. I use [systemd-boot], so I edited `/boot/loader/entries/arch.conf` and added `drm_kms_helper.edid_firmware=edid/edid.bin` to the command line, making the full file look like this:
+1. Edit the kernel command line. I use [systemd-boot], so I edited
+ `/boot/loader/entries/arch.conf` and added
+ `drm.edid_firmware=HDMI-A-1:edid/edid.bin` to the command line, making the
+ full file look like this:
title Arch Linux
linux /vmlinuz-linux
initrd /amd-ucode.img
initrd /initramfs-linux.img
- options root=PARTUUID=2f693946-c278-ed44-8ba2-67b07c3b6074 resume=UUID=524c0604-c307-4106-97e4-1b9799baa7d5 resume_offset=4564992 drm_kms_helper.edid_firmware=edid/edid.bin rw
+ options root=PARTUUID=2f693946-c278-ed44-8ba2-67b07c3b6074 resume=UUID=524c0604-c307-4106-97e4-1b9799baa7d5 resume_offset=4564992 drm.edid_firmware=HDMI-A-1:edid/edid.bin rw
+
+ **Note 1:** `HDMI-A-1` is the connector to apply the EDID firmware to. It
+ was determined from the `/sys` path above:
+ /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.1/0000:09:00.0/drm/card0/card0-HDMI-A-1/edid
+
+ **Note 2:** Older kernels (before 4.15 I think) used
+ `drm_kms_helper.edid_firmware` as the command line argument instead of
+ `drm.edid_firmware`.
1. Regenerate the initial RAM disk: `sudo mkinitcpio -p linux`
1. Reboot
After rebooting the display confirmed it was now using RGB and visually it was
-looking much brighter! 🤞 the display blanking issue remains fixed as well.
+looking much brighter! 🤞 the display blanking issue remains fixed as well. You
+can also check the that kernel applied the firmware by looking at the kernel
+log (`dmesg`) for a line like:
+
+ [ 4.956349] [drm] Got external EDID base block and 1 extension from "edid/edid.bin" for connector "HDMI-A-1"
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