From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 13 06:59:56 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A1E2037D for ; Sat, 13 Sep 2014 06:59:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from asp.reflexion.net (outbound-246.asp.reflexion.net [69.84.129.246]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 23BE03FA for ; Sat, 13 Sep 2014 06:59:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 28999 invoked from network); 13 Sep 2014 06:59:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail-cs-04.app.dca.reflexion.local) (10.81.19.4) by 0 (rfx-qmail) with SMTP; 13 Sep 2014 06:59:54 -0000 Received: by mail-cs-04.app.dca.reflexion.local (Reflexion email security v7.30.7) with SMTP; Sat, 13 Sep 2014 02:59:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 13964 invoked from network); 13 Sep 2014 06:59:53 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO iron2.pdx.net) (69.64.224.71) by 0 (rfx-qmail) with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 13 Sep 2014 06:59:53 -0000 X-No-Relay: not in my network Received: from [192.168.1.8] (c-98-246-178-138.hsd1.or.comcast.net [98.246.178.138]) by iron2.pdx.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A0BFE1C4058 for ; Fri, 12 Sep 2014 23:59:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark Millard Message-Id: <8625AD3F-B059-482A-954E-F8BCFA189457@dsl-only.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.6\)) Subject: Just FYI: NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600 when used at 1680x1050 on a PowerMac G4 Dual: [mi] EQ overflowing Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 23:59:52 -0700 References: <508DA417-7E82-4E4B-B1F4-8A0309F5227A@dsl-only.net> <31587C4B-8167-4928-A2F2-D73D9FB479C7@dsl-only.net> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <31587C4B-8167-4928-A2F2-D73D9FB479C7@dsl-only.net> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1878.6) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 06:59:56 -0000 Context: I've updated to ports r368074 which updated Xorg, the drivers, = and even gcc (to 4.8.3). I used portmaster -t -D -a. This was on... FreeBSD FBSDG4S0 10.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 10.1-PRERELEASE #0 r271215: Sat = Sep 6 23:56:15 PDT 2014 root@FBSDG4S0:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC = powerpc After this during an example logout from xfce4 I've gotten an example of = the EQ overflowing notices for: NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600 when used at 1680x1050 on a PowerMac G4 Dual = (1.4 GHz FW800) Generally these EQ overflow messages seem to be tied to logout or = Option-Fn in basic use. (This is still an syscons context by default for = powerpc. At least Xorg.0.log reports that syscons is what is in use.) So far I do not get these kinds of notices systematically for this = context. Just infrequently. =3D=3D=3D Mark Millard markmi at dsl-only.net On Sep 12, 2014, at 9:58 PM, Mark Millard = wrote: Hi. I've now had this EQ overflowing notice with a 1920x1200 display on the = GeForce 7800 GT. I'll note that I've updated to ports r368074 which updated Xorg, the = drivers, and even gcc (to 4.8.3). This was on... FreeBSD FBSDG4S0 10.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 10.1-PRERELEASE #0 r271215: Sat = Sep 6 23:56:15 PDT 2014 root@FBSDG4S0:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC = powerpc but booted on a G5 PowerMac quad-core (so lots of unused RAM for = powerpc/GENERIC). =3D=3D=3D Mark Millard markmi at dsl-only.net On Sep 8, 2014, at 1:47 AM, Mark Millard wrote: FYI: The GeForce 7800 GT on a PowerMac Quad-core G5 with a 2560x1440 = display (ADC with converter to DVI) reports the following [mi] EQ overflowing. Additional events will be discarded until existing = events are processed. [mi] These backtraces from mieqEnqueue may point to a culprit higher up = the stack. [mi] mieq is *NOT* the cause. It is a victim. [mi] Increasing EQ size to 512 to prevent dropped events. [mi] EQ processing has resumed after 51 dropped events. [mi] This may be caused my a misbehaving driver monopolizing the = server's resources. Context: I built a 10.1-PRERELEASE r271215 (to test Justin Hibbits' changes for = powerpc). I also used portsnap and then rebuilt my ports from scratch. FreeBSD FBSDG4S0 10.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 10.1-PRERELEASE #0 r271215: Sat = Sep 6 23:56:15 PDT 2014 root@FBSDG4S0:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC = powerpc (I'd be surprised if this was powerpc or PowerMac specific. But use of = these old cards may be more likely for PCI-Express PowerMacs.) =3D=3D=3D Mark Millard markmi at dsl-only.net