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Subject: Re: Consistent ATI lockups [mi] EQ overflowing.
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On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:03 PM, Jimmie James <jimmiejaz@gmail.com> wrote:
> Symptoms: total lockup of X, Xorg pegged at 100% CPU time, LEDs don't wor=
k,
> keyboard is usless. SSH in allows a clean shutdown, about 50% of the time=
.
>
> FreeBSD jimmiejaz.org 8.2-STABLE FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE #0: Sun Jun 26 08:42:=
45
> EDT 2011 =A0 =A0 jimmie@jimmiejaz.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/FORTYTWO =A0i3=
86
> vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> port 0xb800-0xb8ff mem
> 0xd0000000-0xdfffffff,0xff520000-0xff52ffff irq 19 at device 3.0 on pci6
> drm0: <ATI Radeon LW RV200 Mobility 7500 M7> on vgapci0
> vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
>
> vgapci0@pci0:6:3:0: =A0 =A0 class=3D0x030000 card=3D0x51571002 chip=3D0x4=
c571002
> rev=3D0x00 hdr=3D0x00
> =A0 =A0vendor =A0 =A0 =3D 'ATI Technologies Inc. / Advanced Micro Devices=
, Inc.'
> =A0 =A0device =A0 =A0 =3D 'Mobility Radeon 7500 (M7 [LW])'
> =A0 =A0class =A0 =A0 =A0=3D display
> =A0 =A0subclass =A0 =3D VGA
>
> xf86-video-ati-6.14.2 X.Org ati display driver

Just to facilitate debugging, I see the very same behavior
on 8.2-STABLE amd64 with the radeonhd driver:

xf86-video-radeonhd-1.3.0_4
xorg-server-1.7.7_3,1

Xorg is struck in an endless loop, consuming 100% CPU.

Yes, I should have switched from radeonhd to ati, but I didn't yet
on that machine.

-cpghost.

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