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Date:      Sun, 19 Feb 2012 06:09:56 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD ports list <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: nvidia-driver + 8-stable PAE == spectacular fail
Message-ID:  <20120219060956.GB45762@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <4F405C26.2080008@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <4F405C26.2080008@FreeBSD.org>

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On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 06:19:18PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote:
> I've been using 8-stable the last several weeks in preparation for the
> new release and decided to give PAE a try for the first time. I rebuilt
> my kernel with that option, and it booted fine. Then I rebuilt the
> nvidia module and as soon as I kldload'ed it, boom!
> 
> panic: pmap_mapdev: Couldn't alloc kernel virtual memory
> 
> Unread portion of the kernel message buffer:
> nvidia0: <GeForce 210> on vgapci0

Hmm, if this is one of the older cards?  I presume you're running legacy
driver version in this case, and they do no work with PAE-enabled kernels
(it's mentioned in pkg-message).

./danfe



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