On 14-06-2010 23:31, Christian Zander wrote: > On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 02:30:03PM -0700, Rene Ladan wrote: > (...) >>>>>>> I've asked the driver author if the calls to vm_page_wire() and >>>>>>> vm_page_unwire() can simply be removed but have not heard back yet. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Is there any news on this? I have updated to the latest current so I'm >>>>>> running the nv driver now, but I'd like to get the nvidia driver running >>>>>> again. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Yes, the unnecessary (and now problematic) wiring and unwiring calls will >>> be >>>>> removed in a future release of the driver. >>>> >>>> Excellent! Any ETA? Or are there patches against an existing version of >>>> the driver? >>> >>> I would just remove the calls to vm_page_wire() and vm_page_unwire() along >>> with the immediately adjacent calls to vm_page_{un,}lock_queues(). >>> >> Just to confirm, like the attached patch? >> > > Yes. > >> This is with a GeForce GT 240M, current/amd64 r209035, nvidia-driver >> 195.36.15 >> >> I haven't runtime-tested it yet... > Using the above configuration, X still locks up but now after showing the NVIDIA splash screen. Without the patch it locks up before that point. Pinging the computer doesn't work anymore, no panic or logs, a hard reset is required. Would disabling DRI and/or Accel in xorg.conf or updating the driver / operating system somehow help? Rene -- http://www.rene-ladan.nl/ GPG fingerprint = ADBC ECCD EB5F A6B4 549F 600D 8C9E 647A E564 2BFC (subkeys.pgp.net)Received on Tue Jun 15 2010 - 16:32:07 UTC
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