Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2017 01:20:48 -0700 From: "Herminio Hernandez Jr. " <herminio.hernandezjr@gmail.com> To: Joe Nosay <superbisquit@gmail.com> Cc: Mark Millard <markmi@dsl-only.net>, Justin Hibbits <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu>, freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org>, hiroo.ono+freebsd@gmail.com, Debian powerpc Mailinglist <debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org> Subject: Re: PowerMac G5 and KMS Message-ID: <FDD317E7-6C33-4FE0-A9CC-EE1CFA0E0524@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BWntOsmaKNHHsOSekDzqApwhu_2m6fD4yuwuvpSW67AYzGm8g@mail.gmail.com> References: <CANtk6Sjtox1L32bUs_g5sOXfVSWkHF%2BhbB=CcO6wVxFtXJYsuw@mail.gmail.com> <CAHSQbTDL6_DG3H9%2BAeOaw4qK_5vWRwwNPAk7nJvOESUU0NyN8g@mail.gmail.com> <4EA794E6-D435-4958-853C-5421E03F3B46@dsl-only.net> <CA%2BWntOsmaKNHHsOSekDzqApwhu_2m6fD4yuwuvpSW67AYzGm8g@mail.gmail.com>
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Try to force the Radeon driver into PCI mode. Under Linux doing this stops t= he blank screen and locks.=20 Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 4, 2017, at 11:50 PM, Joe Nosay <superbisquit@gmail.com> wrote: >=20 > This will bounce for the ppc list. > As I have stated before: you will need to work with the debian ppc group t= o create the proper drivers. > Since there are people who know how to make the Linux system calls, there s= hould be people that are willing to > work across OS and mailing list lines. > Just don't be stubborn. >=20 >> On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 12:34 PM, Mark Millard <markmi@dsl-only.net> wrote= : >> On 2017-Mar-2, at 9:37 AM, Justin Hibbits <jrh29 at alumni.cwru.edu> wrot= e: >>=20 >> > On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 5:42 AM, Hiroo Ono (=E5=B0=8F=E9=87=8E=E5=AF=9B=E7= =94=9F) >> > <hiroo.ono+freebsd@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I recently installed 12-current powerpc64 r313561 to a PowerMac G5 >> >> (it is dual processor, but I do not know its detail). >> >> >> >> When I try to load drm2.ko and radeonkms.ko, >> >> the screen turns into black and recovers, then the system locks. >> >> kldload command does not return, no response to keyboard input, etc. >> >> >> >> Is it possible to use KMS on FreeBSD/powerpc64? >> >> >> >> The log in /var/log/messages is >> >> >> >> after "kldload drm2", >> >> >> >> kernel: info: [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810 >> >> >> >> and then, after "kldload radeonkms", >> >> >> >> kernel: iic0: <I2C generic I/O> on iicbus0 >> >> kernel: iic1: <I2C generic I/O> on iicbus1 >> >> kernel: drmn0: <ATI Radeon AP 9600> on vgapci0 >> >> kernel: info: [drm] RADEON_IS_AGP >> >> kernel: info: [drm] initializing kernel modesetting (RV350 0x1002:0x41= 50 >> >> 0x1002:0x4150). >> >> kernel: info: [drm] register mmio base: 0x90000000 >> >> kernel: info: [drm] register mmio size: 65536 >> >> kernel: info: [drm] igp_read_bios_from_vram: =3D=3D=3D> Try IGP's VRAM= ... >> >> kernel: info: [drm] igp_read_bios_from_vram: VRAM base address: 0x9800= 0000 >> >> kernel: info: [drm] igp_read_bios_from_vram: Map address: >> >> 0xc000000061412000 (262144 bytes) >> >> kernel: info: [drm] igp_read_bios_from_vram: Incorrect BIOS signature:= >> >> 0x0000 >> >> kernel: info: [drm] radeon_read_bios: =3D=3D=3D> Try PCI Expansion ROM= ... >> >> kernel: info: [drm] radeon_read_bios: Map address: 0xc000000061412000 >> >> (131072 bytes) >> >> kernel: info: [drm] radeon_read_bios: Incorrect BIOS signature: 0x2AFF= >> >> kernel: info: [drm] legacy_read_disabled_bios: =3D=3D=3D> Try disabled= BIOS >> >> (legacy)... >> >> kernel: info: [drm] radeon_read_bios: =3D=3D=3D> Try PCI Expansion ROM= ... >> >> kernel: info: [drm] radeon_read_bios: Map address: 0xc000000061412000 >> >> (131072 bytes) >> >> >> >> As the system locks up here, I have to power it off forcibly. >> > >> > Congratulations (?) you are quite possibly the first person to report >> > even attempting to use radeonkms on powerpc64. Frankly, I'm not >> > surprised that it doesn't work for you. Unfortunately, I don't have a >> > solution, or even a means to track it down. Looking at the log >> > snippet, my first guess is there may need to be a provision added to >> > the driver for non-x86. Do you know what card this is? >> > >> > Adding a couple other lists with people who might have more insight. >> > >> > If it can be made to work, I'd definitely want to get a Radeon card for= my G5(s) >> > >> > - Justin >>=20 >> Back on 2014-Nov-21 I wrote the following in one of my messages on the >> lists on that day: >>=20 >> > FYI: I've been building and trying Jean-S=C3=A9bastien P=C3=A9dron's km= s-drm-update-38 branch when Jean requested (sometimes with patches that Jean= provided). This was to give Jean some (indirect) access to a powerpc64 (Pow= erMac G5) Radeon context for some radeonkms development. (Jean had been hopi= ng to get my card going in that context.) We got to the point that a kldload= for radeonkms did not complain/refuse but the display was then munged up an= d the driver could not find the Video BIOS. The fact that it is a Radeon X19= 50 for the video hardware may make it odder than usual for PowerMac G5 Radeo= ns. But it is the only Radeon that I have access to for G5's. (The card work= s in Mac OS X 10.5.) >>=20 >> (As I remember this was a PowerMac G5 so-called "Quad Core" as the G5 >> context. I do not currently have access to the X1950 card.) >>=20 >> I'm not sure from what I read if things are about the same vs. if things >> are worse now. I do not remember the details from back then, such as >> console vs. X11 that I was not explicit about in the quoted material. >>=20 >> I eventually gave up on using X11 "for a time" --and have not tried again= >> so far. I've no clue about the current status for X11 on PowerMacs of >> any kind --or what I'd need to do to try it for the Radeon X1950 or >> any NVIDIA cards. (Currently an NVIDIA card is installed.) >>=20 >> I will eventually have access to the X1950 again, but not soon. >>=20 >> =3D=3D=3D >> Mark Millard >> markmi at dsl-only.net >>=20 >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >=20
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