Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 23:59:52 -0700 From: Mark Millard <markmi@dsl-only.net> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Just FYI: NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600 when used at 1680x1050 on a PowerMac G4 Dual: [mi] EQ overflowing Message-ID: <8625AD3F-B059-482A-954E-F8BCFA189457@dsl-only.net> In-Reply-To: <31587C4B-8167-4928-A2F2-D73D9FB479C7@dsl-only.net> References: <508DA417-7E82-4E4B-B1F4-8A0309F5227A@dsl-only.net> <31587C4B-8167-4928-A2F2-D73D9FB479C7@dsl-only.net>
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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 <markmi at dsl-only.net> = 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 <markmi at dsl-only.net> 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
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