Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 16:25:48 +0200 From: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, FreeBSD CURRENT <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: x11/nvidia-driver (340.24/340.32/343.13): nvidia BLOB doesn't recognize any display socket on Lenovo E540/UEFI and FBSD CURRENT Message-ID: <20140920162548.0d793cb8.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: <20140920161012.02844320.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> References: <20140919201210.72650231.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1409200727510.96859@wonkity.com> <20140920161012.02844320.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
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--Sig_/dPZyvKZ3Fm1acvyRGHnK3NQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Am Sat, 20 Sep 2014 16:10:12 +0200 "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> schrieb: > Am Sat, 20 Sep 2014 07:36:21 -0600 (MDT) > Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> schrieb: >=20 > > On Fri, 19 Sep 2014, O. Hartmann wrote: > >=20 > > > nVidia's BLOB from port x11/nvidia-driver seems to have problems in F= reeBSD > > > 11.0-CURRENT #2 r271869: Fri Sep 19 13:28:03 CEST 2014 amd64, on Leno= vo ThinkPad > > > Edge E540 laptop with CPU i5-4200M (Haswell) with integrated HD4600 I= ntel iGPU and > > > dedicated nVidia GT 740M (Optimus) working correctly. > >=20 > > Optimus is supposed to be full Intel graphics plus an Nvidia GPU. The= =20 > > extra GPU uses the same display memory and can be enabled to speed up=20 > > the Intel graphics or disabled for power saving. I don't know if=20 > > versions where the Nvidia section is a full discrete video adapter that= =20 > > can be used alone are still called "Optimus". > >=20 > > Some Optimus owners have reported being able to use the Intel drivers=20 > > after disabling the Nvidia GPU in the BIOS or UEFI. If an option to=20 > > disable the Nvidia GPU is not present, some people have reported succes= s=20 > > with an xorg.conf that uses only the intel driver and ignores the Nvidi= a=20 > > hardware. >=20 > Thanks Warren. >=20 > But this sounds even more frustrating now. I look around the web even at = Lenovo's > support forum. Many people report the GT 740M nVidia adaptor as a discret= e adaptor with > Optimus technology and everything sounds to me like it can be selected ex= clusively. > What you describes is that I definitely need to use the HD4600 iGPU on Fr= eeBSD in the > first place since the nVidia hardware is a kind of "appendix" to the HD46= 00. >=20 > Anyway, I also tried to configure X11 as HD4600 only and X11 doesn't work= properly: it > doesn't even start up and loading the "intel" driver complains about a mi= ssing device - > preceeded by a lot of /dev/dri errors. This indicates to me, in a naiv ma= nner, that this > HD4600 isn't recodnized by the kernel, either. I do not see any kind of v= ga0: entry in > the kernel log when enabling "Integrated Graphics" only in the laptop's U= EFI/Firmware. > When enabling "nVidia Optimus", a recognized vga0: device shows up. >=20 > From my server, equipted with a IvyBridge i3-class CPU with integrated iG= PU, I even get > this message from 11.0-CURRENT: >=20 > vgapci0@pci0:0:2:0: class=3D0x030000 card=3D0x01521849 chip=3D0x01528= 086 rev=3D0x09 hdr=3D0x00 > vendor =3D 'Intel Corporation' > device =3D 'Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Contr= oller' > class =3D display > subclass =3D VGA > bar [10] =3D type Memory, range 64, base 0xf7800000, size 4194304, = enabled > bar [18] =3D type Prefetchable Memory, range 64, base 0xe0000000, s= ize 268435456, > enabled bar [20] =3D type I/O Port, range 32, base 0xf000, size 64, ena= bled > cap 05[90] =3D MSI supports 1 message=20 > cap 01[d0] =3D powerspec 2 supports D0 D3 current D0 > cap 13[a4] =3D PCI Advanced Features: FLR TP >=20 >=20 > The very same CURRENT (most recent as I built world on all system today) = doesn't > recognize the Haswell's HD4600 iGPU (i5-4200M). So, it seems impossible t= o me that > people can report having this GPU working if even the most recent FreeBSD= CURRENT > doesn't recognize it. Sorry, on the laptop in question the integrated HD4600 does show up as a vg= a0: device in the pciconf-listing (it is very early and I stoped looking at the very end = ...). --Sig_/dPZyvKZ3Fm1acvyRGHnK3NQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJUHY5xAAoJEOgBcD7A/5N88jAH/12ebTMRZhuodIUxayzyWSvV S26SVDQjOJnhin7O+bnxCDs5z2B4R8LmNOhDQQtdmABvqIjUzXK26GzcO89sBOC5 D/CpQ3uPdiR3Byiy4wkQanqOBoEfNlQdYaZ8RnOOODI8Kzza786O3FQNpYKvuEbr lASxxLSqzsKFfs60sns5ghoDyYug1lWw79YaoQeIg1VcCPpsZzeFtpE3sbOkYkmN JfIUl2PMQKUG+al0U+5xJqMdns2taQT168G9DUnOBg/3r0JicdM2xJZ8b+NjSKw9 +13NmuPT1nmqw8v7yITs+O7NxkKAP0fFFMG0xoIfigvJgbv0Xe1YlDkInoehZJw= =ysGX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/dPZyvKZ3Fm1acvyRGHnK3NQ--
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