Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 17:29:15 -0500 From: Michael Gass <mgass@csbsju.edu> To: Claude Buisson <clbuisson@orange.fr> Cc: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New Xorg with vt, radeon, and 10-stable Message-ID: <20140620222915.GA11706@csbsju.edu> In-Reply-To: <53A462DA.7080804@orange.fr> References: <20140618231418.GA15764@csbsju.edu> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1406181950110.51000@wonkity.com> <20140619140226.GB11623@csbsju.edu> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1406190851510.55091@wonkity.com> <20140620145342.GA11837@csbsju.edu> <53A462DA.7080804@orange.fr>
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On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 06:35:38PM +0200, Claude Buisson wrote: > On 06/20/2014 16:53, Michael Gass wrote: > >On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 08:54:12AM -0600, Warren Block wrote: > >> > >>There is a sample kernel config file in 9- and 10-stable called > >>"VT". It really just turns off the sc(4) and vga(4) modules and > >>enables vt(4) and vt_vga, which is easy to do in custom kernel > >>config files also. > > > >Hi Warren. > > > >Thanks for the response. This works well except for one problem. > >The kernel rebuild went fine and vt_vga worked during the boot > >process. Tried kldload radeonkms and that worked well also. > >So I put radeonkms_load="YES" in loader.conf and then the boot > >process crashes. There is no dmesg available, but I can see > >the following error messages on the screen. > > > >error: [drm:pid0:r600_init_microcode] *ERROR* r600_cp: Failed to load firmware "radeonkmsfw_RV610_pfp" > >error: [drm:pid0:r600_startup] *ERROR* Failed to load firmware! > >drmn0: error: disabling GPU acceleration > >error: [drm:pid0:r600_init] *ERROR* radeon: ucode required for R600+ > >drmn0: error: Fatal error during GPU init > > > >I used a rescue cd to change loader.conf and get the system working > >again. I do not understand what the probem is, since radeonkms will > >work with kldload. I can also switch back and forth from X to vt > >without problem now. > > > >My graphics card is AMD RV610 HD 2400 PRO/XT > >I'm running FreeBSD 10.0-stable on an amd64 machine. > > > >I built everything with the lines > >WITH_NEW_XORG=yes > >WITH_GALLIUM=yes > >in make.conf > > > >Any advice? > > > > Load the required firmware module by loader.conf > > radeonkmsfw_RV610_pfp_load="YES" > Hi Claude. Thanks for the advice. By experimenting I found that I needed the above and a few other things in loader.conf radeonkmsfw_RV610_me_load="YES" radeonkmsfw_RV610_pfp_load="YES" radeonkmsfw_R600_rlc_load="YES" radeonkms_load="YES" Now vt(4) works fine at boot. Mike
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