Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 00:15:13 +0200 From: Arto Pekkanen <isoa@kapsi.fi> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Haswel / i915 experimental test result Message-ID: <56538FF1.10202@kapsi.fi> In-Reply-To: <1448285795.1791028.447613585.0739E958@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <1448285795.1791028.447613585.0739E958@webmail.messagingengine.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Do you have the directory /boot/kernel.i915 with the experimental kernel files in it? That directory must exist before /boot/loader can boot the experimental kernel from it. If you do # nextboot -k kernel.i915 # reboot as root, then /boot/loader should boot kernel from /boot/kernel.i915/kernel -file after next reboot. The "nextboot -k <kernel>" -command simply writes a "hint file" in /boot -directory, which overrides the default kernel path for /boot/loader. If these instructions do not help, then problem is that I just have no idea how a PC-BSD system has been set up. I don't use PC-BSD or even ZFS myself. I only use base FreeBSD 10.2 with UEFI (which does not require installation of any stage0 and/or stage1 bootcode, only a 900k partition with specific type GUID and the file /boot/boot1.efifat written as partition contents with dd) or a standard gpt setup (with /boot/pmbr as stage0 and /boot/gptboot as stage1). I've heard PC-BSD uses GRUB in some way. Is it possible that GRUB loads the /boot/kernel directly? If it does, then it does NOT care about the nextboot hint file at all, unlike /boot/loader. IF (and only IF) GRUB loads the system kernel image directly from boot partition (emphasis on _directly_), then you need to somehow configure GRUB to offer a boot menu item for the specific kernel. Unfortunately I cannot remember how GRUB is configured since it been a decade since I last time had to bother configuring GRUB. You could also ask in PC-BSD forums something like "how do I boot a custom kernel built in /boot/<kernel_name>" ... On 23.11.2015 15:36, Isaac Raway wrote: > Hello, > > I've followed the directions on this page to install the experimental > i915 kernel: > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics/Update%20i915%20GPU%20driver%20to%20Linux%203.8 > > I'm not sure that I booted into it correctly (pretty green with BSD in > general, and only some experience with kernel builds on Linux). I have a > Dell Latitude E7240 with a Haswell chip. Running PC-BSD 10.2 if that > matters. I'm uncertain about if the boot did what I think it did because > the uname output still say's it's a -RELEASE build: > > # uname -a > FreeBSD sebastian 10.2-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 10.2-RELEASE-p4 #0: Tue Aug 18 > 15:15:36 UTC 2015 > root@amd64-builder.pcbsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 > > The driver doesn't seem to load, using PC-BSD's Display wizard it > reports a failure then restarts the wizard when I try to start X using > the intel driver. > > I've attached the dmesg output as requested on the above page. Let me > know if anything else would be useful. > > IJR > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (MingW32) iF4EAREIAAYFAlZTj/QACgkQTBivhqtJa25T0AEAol2hgGvNx9dH/En0GoOzUL3Z 8lSajSXkFzLNCxHwhnwA/iB6XE5rCNFnJqARsYSsQtGQNPgrGudenKxfte8mO4dF =av5Q -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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