freebsd stable - Jan 2012 - x11/nvidia-driver: crash with FreeBSD 9.0-STABLE/amd64 when module loaded via /boot/loader.conf

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

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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

03.01.2012 12:15, 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.
9-STABLE, amd64, clang world and ports, GeForce 8500 GT - works like a 
charm for me.

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On 2012/01/03 at 18:15, "O. Hartmann"
<ohartman@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> 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.
No. But build your x11/nvidia-driver with no more than -O. Better with
gcc (clang may be OK, but I'm not sure). Furthermore, if you use
x11/nvidia-driver, you have no need to load drm.ko, which is for, e.g.
radeon cards.
> 
> Regards,
> Oliver
> 
> 


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