Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 10:24:09 -0800 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jean=2DS=E9bastien_P=E9dron?= <dumbbell@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: vt-enabled 11.0-CURRENT + radeonkms boot load = direct rendering disabled in X Message-ID: <CAJ-Vmo=pwbxcM3N7KcO9Z=xCqjXTtAoRECF_kvYM1EJtS0soqw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <52AAEE1C.8030604@FreeBSD.org> References: <CACvtUJdiz%2BmDeajGisC6vW=vcw7unAbKBXjF5Jr3L8DTV_FRAA@mail.gmail.com> <52AAEE1C.8030604@FreeBSD.org>
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Are you able to make it do delayed firmware loading? Adrian On Dec 13, 2013 3:23 AM, "Jean-S=E9bastien P=E9dron" <dumbbell@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 10.12.2013 12:21, Markiyan Kushnir wrote: > > Hello, > > Hi! > > First, a quick note: freebsd-current@ and current@ are the same list. > > > There seems to be a difference in how Xorg server can use direct > > rendering depending when radeonkms.ko was loaded: at boot time vs. at > > a later time (but not necessarily at X startup time). The difference > > is that direct rendering could not be enabled for X in the former > > case. In the latter case, direct rendering was successfully enabled. > > The problem is that if you load radeonkms from the loader or you build > it into your kernel, it can't load the relevant firmware(s): > error: [drm:pid0:r600_init_microcode] *ERROR* r600_cp: Failed to load > firmware "radeonkmsfw_RV710_pfp" > error: [drm:pid0:rv770_startup] *ERROR* Failed to load firmware! > > This is because /boot isn't available at the time the card is > initialized: / is not mounted yet. > > The solution is to load firmware(s) from the loader too (or build them > into the kernel). To know which firmware(s) are used by your card, you > can boot without radeonkms, kldload it after the computer booted, and run= : > kldstat | grep radeonkmsfw > > -- > Jean-S=E9bastien P=E9dron > >
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