Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 13:11:32 +0100 From: Christian Gusenbauer <c47g@gmx.at> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: x11/nvidia-driver: crash with FreeBSD 9.0-STABLE/amd64 when module loaded via /boot/loader.conf Message-ID: <201201031311.32751.c47g@gmx.at> In-Reply-To: <4F02D538.1020109@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> References: <4F02D538.1020109@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de>
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Hi Oliver! I'm using stable/9 and amd64 setup, too, but I do not experience such page faults as you do. I've an older GeForce 7600 GT card and I'm using driver 285.05.09 - neither OS nor driver built with clang. Perhaps it's a clang issue? Ciao, Christian. On Tuesday 03 January 2012 11:15:20 O. Hartmann wrote: > On one of my FreeBSD 9.0 boxes running FreeBSD 9.0-STABLE/amd64 (CLANG > built), equipted with a nVidia GT760Ti graphics board, loading the > nvidia module via /boot/loader.conf results in a page fault with random > error messages before rebooting. > > Booting the box without the nvidia.ko module loaded in he preboot phase, > results in a stable system. I can then load the module via kldload and > the system jumps then into X11-screen as usual. > > I recompile x11/nvidia-driver on a regular basis when recompiling the > kernel, so the module is always up to date and en par with the kernel > sources. > > The problem occurs idendependently of having kernel module drm.ko loaded > or not. I also tried falling back to the older nvidia driver 285.05.09 > (I use at the moment successfully 290.10). > > Before issuing a PR and doing a full debug reconfiguration of my box, > I'd like to ask whether this is a commong, well known problem since with > FreeBSD 9.0, I'd like to stay with STABLE rather than with RELEASE. > > Regards, > Oliver
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