From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 3 12:35:45 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBE63106566C for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2012 12:35:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from c47g@gmx.at) Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net (mailout-de.gmx.net [213.165.64.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 322408FC15 for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2012 12:35:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 03 Jan 2012 12:09:03 -0000 Received: from cm203-32.liwest.at (EHLO bones.gusis.at) [81.10.203.32] by mail.gmx.net (mp067) with SMTP; 03 Jan 2012 13:09:03 +0100 X-Authenticated: #9978462 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18i6AVtioQiTHpxR3390sznxr3wh8H/twrqNUJVb0 VkRSVMO6RkHQRe From: Christian Gusenbauer To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 13:11:32 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (FreeBSD/9.0-PRERELEASE; KDE/4.7.3; amd64; ; ) References: <4F02D538.1020109@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: <4F02D538.1020109@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201201031311.32751.c47g@gmx.at> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Subject: Re: x11/nvidia-driver: crash with FreeBSD 9.0-STABLE/amd64 when module loaded via /boot/loader.conf X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:35:45 -0000 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