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Date:      Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:11:28 -0600
From:      Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Martin Kristensen <mik@pc.dk>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: freebsd7 (and 8), radeon, xorg-server -> deadlock or so
Message-ID:  <1265908288.8609.163.camel@balrog.2hip.net>
In-Reply-To: <20100211174124.7573bb91@alpha.miknet.dk>
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On Thu, 2010-02-11 at 17:41 +0100, Martin Kristensen wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:50:44 +0100
> Martin Kristensen <mik@pc.dk> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:16:12 -0600
> > Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Thu, 2010-02-11 at 11:49 +0100, Martin Kristensen wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:17:43 -0600
> > > > Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > On Wed, 2010-02-10 at 23:43 +0100, Martin Kristensen wrote:
> > > > > > On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:01:58 -0600
> > > > > > Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > On Wed, 2010-02-10 at 22:05 +0100, Martin Kristensen wrote:
> > > > > > > > On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:33:46 +0200
> > > > > > > > Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua> wrote:
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > on 10/02/2010 20:29 Vitaly Magerya said the following:
> > > > > > > > > > Robert Noland wrote:
> > > > > > > > > >>> It is not, and yes I use WITHOUT_HAL. Currently
> > > > > > > > > >>> disabling DRI helps; should I try rebuilding
> > > > > > > > > >>> xorg-server with HAL?
> > > > > > > > > >> Yes, you can still disable hal at runtime by setting
> > > > > > > > > >> AutoAddDevices "Off" in xorg.conf.
> > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > Seems to work with HAL.
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > I've long thought that xorg server should be linked with
> > > > > > > > > libthr regardless of HAL option.  Unfortunately, I never
> > > > > > > > > came up with patch, nor have anyone else. Xorg server
> > > > > > > > > really uses pthreads when doing DRM and HAL brings in
> > > > > > > > > libthr dependency only as an accident.
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > This is my first post to this list, so hello all.
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > I have been running with NoAccel for a long time, since
> > > > > > > > disabling DRI alone would cause a complete deadlock
> > > > > > > > (screen to standby, no ssh, no response to keyboard,
> > > > > > > > etc.).
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > However, I rebuilt xorg-server with HAL support, and now
> > > > > > > > simply disabling DRI allows me to start X.
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > The card is RV790 based.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Just checked... This card should work with Accel and DRI...
> > > > > > > At least on -CURRENT with updated ports.  Check UPDATING,
> > > > > > > and set WITHOUT_NOUVEAU to get correct version of libdrm.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > robert.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I am on -STABLE built on Jan. 19. I updated mesa today (to
> > > > > > libdrm-2.4.17), and rebuilt xorg-server and drivers. I have
> > > > > > WITHOUT_NOUVEAU="YES" in /etc/make.conf. pkg_info reports
> > > > > > libGL-7.6.1.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Is that 8-STABLE or 7?  8 should work, and I think 7 should as
> > > > > well, but just checking.  6 won't work.
> > > > > 
> > > > I am on 8-STABLE.
> > > > > > I have tried loading radeon.ko manually before startx.
> > > > > 
> > > > > What are the results?  If things are not working, I'll want to
> > > > > see your xorg.conf, xorg.log, pciconf -lvb and a sysctl hw.dri
> > > > > with X started if you can get it.
> > > > > 
> > > > > robert.
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I have attached the output from pciconf -lvb, sysctl -a |grep
> > > > ^hw.dri reports:
> > > > 
> > > > hw.dri.0.name: radeon 0x96
> > > > hw.dri.0.vm: 
> > > > hw.dri.0.clients: 
> > > > hw.dri.0.vblank: 
> > > > hw.dri.0.debug: 0
> > > > 
> > > > I loaded radeon.ko from within my X session, which was started
> > > > with DRI "OFF".
> > > 
> > > Ok, if X doesn't try to open drm, then nothing will show up as being
> > > mapped.  If you do a "sysctl hw.dri" it will show the mappings, but
> > > the above grep is cutting out most of the useful info.
> > > 
> > Sorry, I did not understand what you wanted, here is "sysctl hw.dri":
> > hw.dri.0.name: radeon 0x96
> > hw.dri.0.vm: 
> > slot offset	        size       type flags address
> > mtrr 0 0x00000000fe8e0000 0x00010000  REG  0x82 0xffffff00fe8e0000 no
> > 
> > hw.dri.0.clients: 
> > a dev            pid   uid      magic     ioctls
> > 
> > hw.dri.0.vblank: 
> > crtc ref count    last     enabled inmodeset
> >   00  00 00000000 00000000 00      00
> >   01  00 00000000 00000000 00      00
> > hw.dri.0.debug: 0
> > > > If I run startx with DRI "True" or without an xorg.conf, the
> > > > screen goes into standby as if the pc is turned off, the mouse and
> > > > keyboard stops responding to keypresses (ie. numlock-led will not
> > > > respond to me pressing the key.) and I cannot ssh into the
> > > > machine. As far as I can tell it has crashed. 
> > > > 
> > > > There is nothing in /var/log/messages, which gives any indication
> > > > that something went wrong (If I boot the machine - startx and
> > > > force a reboot I get 2 x dmesg plus fsck messages). 
> > > > 
> > > > Xorg.0.log contains only messages from the last successful start
> > > > of xorg, and is a far as I can tell useless in tracking this down.
> > > 
> > > This sounds suspiciously like a WITNESS issue... I wonder if I have
> > > accidentally MFC'd something that isn't safe.  You don't get a core
> > > dump eventually do you?
> > > 
> > > robert.
> > > 
> > I have left it for at least the time it takes to boot my laptop and
> > try to ssh into the machine (5 min.). I have dumpdev defined.
> > 
> > I will crash it and leave it for 15 min. to see if something happens.
> > 
> Alas, I have crashed it a couple of times and left it for ~30 min. There
> was no change, and I got no core dump.

Hrm, ok... I'll try to dig into it this weekend...  

robert.

> > > > > > If it will help, I can switch to -CURRENT to see if that
> > > > > > changes anything.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Martin
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > PS. Robert, in researching this I got some idea of the effort
> > > > > > you put into this, thanks!
> > > > >  
> > > > 
> > > > Martin
> > > > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
-- 
Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org>
FreeBSD




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