loading drm crashes system

Niclas Zeising zeising+freebsd at daemonic.se
Mon Jan 25 16:19:53 UTC 2021


On 2021-01-25 00:19, Robert Huff wrote:
> 
> Hello:
> 	On a system now running:
> 
> 14.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT #0 main-d6327ae8c1: Sun Jan 24
> 14:16:54 EST 2021 amd64
> 
> 	(src+ports updated at midnight US EST)
> 	with PORTS_MODULES="drm-current-kmod gpu-firmware-kmod", starting
> the system _without_ loading drm results in a usable system.
> 	Loading drm - whether via kldlist in rc.conf or by kldload at the
> console immediately after start-up - instantly crashes the system; the
> screen goes blank and the lights on the monitor report no signal
> from the system.

[snip error log]

> 
> 	[insert image of open jaw and glassy-eyed stare]
> 	The GPU is a Radeon HD 3300, and at one point this used to work.
> 	Help, please?
> 

When did it stop working?
Which version of drm-current-kmod?
Can you try to remove it and build it directly from an updated ports 
tree, without using PORTS_MODULES=, and see if that helps?
Regards
-- 
Niclas


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