drm-kmod in 12.0-Stable using amdgpu.ko fails

[Clay Daniels Jr.]

Close out my complaint here. Problem addressed:

*Bug 237271* <https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=237271>
- Radeon
video card no longer works on 12-STABLE (after r345105) / CURRENT (after
r345932)

Clay


On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 3:56 PM Clay Daniels Jr. <clay.daniels.jr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I load FreeBSD 13.0-Current most weeks, but this week I tried out
> 12.0-Stable r350476 as I wanted to test my Wiki instructions for installing
> LXDE. The install started well, I rebooted when asked, and the install of
> Xorg went well too. The drm-kmod install seemed to go well, and I picked my
> known and tested amdgpu.ko to list in /etc/rc.conf.  At this point I
> rebooted to check if I got the skeleton X window. The reboot stalled in the
> video section. Hung. Would not move. I manually turned off the machine and
> tried two more times. No Go.
>
> I went back to FreeBSD downloads, got a copy of FreeBSD 13.0-CURRENT
> r350491, burned it to a dvd, and installed without a hitch, using my known
> amdgpu.ko kernel mod video driver. This installation is where I am writing
> this email
>
> This is unscientific, but when I boot every day, and get to the video
> section and the system finds the driver, I see a few "fuzzy granular lines
> of noise" that appear in the console right near where it lists my
> radeon/kabini imbedded video. Actually I like to see this as it tells me my
> video has been recognized. With my attempted install of 12.0-Stable this
> DID NOT happen.
>
> This bug does not bother me, as I am pretty much into 13.0, but it may be
> of help to somebody else.
>
> Clay Daniels
> You can see my LXDE Wiki at:
> https://wiki.freebsd.org/LXDE
>