AMD/Nvidia switchable graphics not working

Bug #1894391 reported by lk
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Confirmed
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Bug Description

On a system with AMD Ryzen 5 and Nvidia GTX 1650 switchable graphics are not working.

Just to get the drivers working for the respective chipsets, I had to upgrade to kernel 5.6 for amd and install nvidia 450 drivers for nvidia. This gets us to the point where both cards are operational. However, I have to manually in xorg scripts essentially use my nvidia card as primary because otherwise it just wont be used.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: linux-image-5.4.0-45-generic 5.4.0-45.49
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-45.49-generic 5.4.55
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-45-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.6
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: cary 1768 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC1: cary 1768 F.... pulseaudio
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sat Sep 5 15:11:01 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-09-05 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731)
MachineType: Acer Nitro AN515-44
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 EFI VGA
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-45-generic root=UUID=979e8784-acdb-4946-84ac-24051691c304 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-5.4.0-45-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-5.4.0-45-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.187.3
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 04/16/2020
dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde Corp.
dmi.bios.version: V1.01
dmi.board.asset.tag: Type2 - Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: Stonic_RNS
dmi.board.vendor: RO
dmi.board.version: V1.01
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: V1.01
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsydeCorp.:bvrV1.01:bd04/16/2020:svnAcer:pnNitroAN515-44:pvrV1.01:rvnRO:rnStonic_RNS:rvrV1.01:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrV1.01:
dmi.product.family: Nitro 5
dmi.product.name: Nitro AN515-44
dmi.product.sku: 0000000000000000
dmi.product.version: V1.01
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer

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lk (lk53) wrote :
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Ubuntu Kernel Bot (ubuntu-kernel-bot) wrote : Status changed to Confirmed

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Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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lk (lk53) wrote :

for reference, I did try upgrading.

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Tom Reynolds (tomreyn) wrote :

From CurrentDmesg.txt:
Linux version 5.4.0-45-generic (buildd@lgw01-amd64-033) (gcc version 9.3.0 (Ubuntu 9.3.0-10ubuntu2)) #49-Ubuntu SMP Wed Aug 26 13:38:52 UTC 2020 (Ubuntu 5.4.0-45.49-generic 5.4.55)
[ 0.000000] DMI: Acer Nitro AN515-44/Stonic_RNS, BIOS V1.01 04/16/2020
[Firmware Bug]: ACPI(PEGP) defines _DOD but not _DOS
[ 2.843473] [drm] This hardware requires experimental hardware support.
               See modparam exp_hw_support

No BIOS downloads are available for this model at this time.

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lk (lk53) wrote :

On 5.6 kernel, adding "amdgpu.exp_hw_support=1" fixed the issue. I will try on 5.4 at some point.

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