Trying to run Broadwell

[Bertram Scharpf]

Hi,

On Monday, 07. Dec 2015, 14:34:03 +0100, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
> > https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics/Update%20i915%20GPU%20driver%20to%20Linux%203.8
> 
>   # kldload i915kms
>   kldload: can't load i915kms: No such file or directory
> 
> Kernel messages from dmesg:
> 
>   info: [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
>   link_elf: symbol mchdev_lock undefined
>   sysctl_unregister_oid: failed to unregister sysctl
> 
> I cannot find the symbol "mchdev_lock" in any file but
> "i915kms.ko". There is no definition of the variable in the
> source tree.

Yes there was. But it had a "static" in front of it (file
intel_pm.c, line 2299). I removed that. The module now loads
correctly.

X still doesn't start. I provide a dmesg etc. output at
<http://bertram-scharpf.spdns.de/tmp/drm-i915-update-38-fail_hp_bscharpf.tar.gz>.

Bertram

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