Kernel modules and updates (problems with graphics/drm-stable-kmod)

[Arrigo Marchiori]

Hello Niclas,

On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 01:19:18PM +0100, Niclas Zeising wrote:

> On 10/29/18 12:23 PM, Arrigo Marchiori via freebsd-stable wrote:
> > Dear All,
> > 
> > I am encountering a strange problem with port graphics/drm-stable-kmod.
> > My system is a 11.2-STABLE amd64 with GENERIC kernel.
> > 
> > I upgrade the base system every week or two from source.  My
> > /etc/make.conf lists graphics/drm-stable-kmod in PORTS_MODULES, in
> > order to have it recompiled with every kernel.
> > 
> > When I install the new kernel, run mergemaster and reboot, however,
> > Xorg is unable to drive the video card: something goes wrong with DRM
> > and he tty belonging to Xorg remains black. The other tty's work
> > well.
> > 
> > I tracked down the problem to the file /boot/kernel/radeonkms.ko
> >                                               ^^^^^^
> > If I delete that file and reboot, Xorg works fine.
> > 
> > My question is: why is that file there? The port
> > graphics/drm-stable-kmod installs its module in
> > /boot/modules/radeonkms.ko but the other version from /boot/kernel/
> >        ^^^^^^^                                               ^^^^^^
> > seems to be loaded instead, and therefore Xorg does not work.
> > 
> > Is this a bug of either installkernel, or the port? Or am I doing
> > anything wrong?
> > 
> > Thank you in advance,
> > 
> 
> Hi!
> /boot/kernel/radeonkms.ko is part of the old drm driver that is in base 
> on 11.2 and 12.  In order to load the module from drm-stable-kmod you 
> need to specify the whole path, /boot/modules/radeonkms.ko when loading 
> the module.
> Regards

Thank you for your reply.

I should have read more carefully the pkg-message from
graphics/drm-stable-kmod !

Best regards,
-- 
rigo

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