From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 19 06:09:56 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 1033) id E895C106566C; Sun, 19 Feb 2012 06:09:56 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 06:09:56 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev To: Doug Barton Message-ID: <20120219060956.GB45762@FreeBSD.org> References: <4F405C26.2080008@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4F405C26.2080008@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: FreeBSD ports list Subject: Re: nvidia-driver + 8-stable PAE == spectacular fail X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 06:09:57 -0000 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: 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