freebsd stable - Sep 2016 - Nvidia_load not working

I did a clean install of RC3 over RC2, and I noticed that
nvidia_load="yes"
no longer appears to work in /boot/loader.conf. I can still load the module
from etc/rc.conf

On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 06:58:38PM -0700, Charles Cowart
wrote:
> I did a clean install of RC3 over RC2, and I noticed that
nvidia_load="yes"
> no longer appears to work in /boot/loader.conf. I can still load the module
> from etc/rc.conf
> ...
As the nvidia kernel module is part of a port/package, I suspect that
this is more of a "ports" issue than a "stable" issue; in
particular, if
the version of the nvidia-driver you're using is sufficiently recent,
you may find a recent ports/UPDATING entry relevant:

20160829:
  AFFECTS: users of x11/nvidia-driver
  AUTHOR: cem at FreeBSD.org

  The NVidia driver has been updated to version 367.35.  Starting with
  version 358.09, new kernel module was added, nvidia-modeset.ko.  This
  new driver component works in conjunction with the nvidia.ko kernel
  module to program the display engine of the GPU.

  Users that experience hangs when starting X11 server, or observe

        (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated MetaModes:
        (II) NVIDIA(0):     "NULL"

  messages in their /var/log/Xorg.0.log file should replace ``nvidia''
  with ``nvidia-modeset'' in /boot/loader.conf or /etc/rc.conf files,
  depending on how they prefer to load NVidia driver kernel module.

Peace,
david
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If you're booting via UEFI, it should be because r305779 (MFC of
r305484) is not yet MFS'ed (causing insufficient memory to load
nvidia.ko).

See below for detail.

 
https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/svn-src-stable-11/2016-September/000503.html


If so, while waiting for MFS, you can load it via rc.conf by

  adding nvidia-modeset.ko (or nvidia.ko depending on which version
  you're installing) on kldlist= line, or

  directly writing kldload command in rc.conf, or

  rebuild loader.efi with the patch obtained below applied.

   
https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/stable/11/sys/boot/efi/loader/copy.c?r1=302408&r2=305779&view=patch

  don't forget to give -p2 option to patch command line.

If you're booting via legacy BIOS mode, sorry, I have no idea. :-(


On Sun, 18 Sep 2016 18:58:38 -0700
Charles Cowart <unique.identifier at gmail.com> wrote:
> I did a clean install of RC3 over RC2, and I noticed that
nvidia_load="yes"
> no longer appears to work in /boot/loader.conf. I can still load the module
> from etc/rc.conf
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