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Date:      Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:53:06 +1030
From:      Wayne Sierke <ws@au.dyndns.ws>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Toomas Aas <toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 6.3-PRERELEASE desktop system periodically freezes momentarily
Message-ID:  <1200241386.1677.28.camel@predator-ii.buffyverse>
In-Reply-To: <4789F872.8000502@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sun, 2008-01-13 at 12:39 +0100, Kris Kennaway wrote:

> MUTEX_PROFILING changes the kernel ABI so modules that are not compiled 
> with that option will not work.  If you use make buildkernel to build 
> your kernel + modules together then it uses the kernel config file for 
> both so they are compatible, otherwise your modules only are built with 
> default options.  So, if you have any other modules apart from nvidia 
> then use make buildkernel for those, and add -DMUTEX_PROFILING to the 
> CFLAGS of the nvidia build and try that.  It may still not be enough 
> since nvidia is a wrapper around a binary module, so you may also need 
> to revert to nv.
> 
> Kris

Kris,

I added CFLAGS+= -DMUTEX_PROFILING
to /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver-96xx/Makefile and re-built, was able to
load the resulting nvidia.ko and launch gnome.

I've taken a number of different log samples which I'll send separately.


Wayne




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