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Sat, 19 Oct 2019 18:45:52 +0000 Received: by smtp432.mail.bf1.yahoo.com (Oath Hermes SMTP Server) with ESMTPA ID d3bfc64f80effaa0a8dd61e4384eb445; Sat, 19 Oct 2019 18:45:48 +0000 (UTC) From: To: "'Kevin Oberman'" Cc: References: <1412799887.2347100.1571413522294@mail.yahoo.com> <1116357723.2415607.1571428496412@mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: drm-kmod vmwgfx.ko Crashes system Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2019 14:45:47 -0400 Message-ID: <001e01d586ad$6c9ab4c0$45d01e40$@sbcglobal.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 16.0 Thread-Index: AQKRSiAd5RZMPDVq9vyQ33lx5769QwJmMGBkAkiN/lgA1xxGSaW+km1w Content-Language: en-us X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 46wX0f4N73z4Vb2 X-Spamd-Bar: - Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=sbcglobal.net header.s=s2048 header.b=gV7+k41B; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of jardows@sbcglobal.net has no SPF policy when checking 74.6.133.193) smtp.mailfrom=jardows@sbcglobal.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-1.09 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; 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I just installed a 12.0-RELEASE VM, installed src, = updated with freebsd-update, downloaded the ports tree, then installed = drm-kmod via ports. I am experiencing the same issue. =20 If this driver works at all, I figure there should be somebody who has = used it successfully, and would know what conditions are necessary to = make it work. =20 Even though I cannot find any documentation as to its use, I am = beginning to suspect that this driver only works with ESXi, and not = VMWare Workstation. =20 From: Kevin Oberman =20 Sent: Friday, October 18, 2019 11:35 PM To: Jacob Meadows Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: drm-kmod vmwgfx.ko Crashes system =20 On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 12:54 PM Jacob Meadows > wrote: I have installed with pkg on latest and on release_1 (currently running = on 12.1-RC1, but have used other versions with the same results). I have also freshly installed from ports with the latest updates. I have not rebuilt my kernel after system installation. I am not sure what version of kmod I would need to be in sync with my = currently installed vmware version. I am currently using VMWare = Workstation Player 15.5.0 build-14665864 installed on Windows 10 1809 = Enterprise. =20 This is a problem. ATM, packages for 12 are being compiled against = 12.0-RELEASE. KBI stability between minor releases is not guaranteed. At = least once in the 11-STABLE tree, a change broke the virtualbox-ose-kmod = resulting in a system panic. Until the first build of packages after = 11.1 went EOL, the only fix was to download port and kernel sources and = build the port against those sources. This may be another case. It's why = it is recommended that all kernel modules in ports be rebuilt whenever = the kernel is updated, but that does not work with packages and, in the = last case, it did not work until 11.2 reached EOL and the packages were = built against 11.2. =20 This could well be totally wrong. It's really speculation. -- Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com =20 PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683 =20 =20 On Friday, October 18, 2019, 1:57:32 PM EDT, Kevin Oberman = > wrote:=20 =20 =20 On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 8:45 AM Jacob Meadows > wrote: I saw that drm-kmod installs vmwgfx.ko. I thought this would be nice to = enable 3d acceleration in my VMWare player VM, but every time I load it, = the virtual machine freezes. I have tried putting a line in the rc.conf like for the amdgpu.ko, and = directly loading via kldload. I have tried with the VM setting 3d = acceleration on and off. I have tried with 12.0-RELEASE, 13-CURRENT, = and now 12.1-RC1. The crazy thing is I cannot find any errors recorded = /var/log/messages, simply some information about the driver loading, = then nothing and the system locks up. I am having a hard time finding any documentation regarding this driver. = Is it designed to work with VMWare player, or perhaps it is for ESXi = only? =20 Check the mtime on /boot/kernel/kernel and /boot/modules/vmwgfx.ko. = Since this module is installed by a port, not the base system, it is = critical that it be in sync with the kernel. Have you rebuilt your drm = kmod port port since your kernel was last built? It's really critical = that kernel modules be in sync with the kernel. It is also possible that = it needs to be in sync with the currently installed vmware. -- Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com =20 PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683 =20