Comments on: Remember: don’t kldload i915 too soon https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2017/11/23/remember-dont-kldload-i915/ A running description of activity related to DragonFly BSD. Tue, 28 Nov 2017 16:04:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: flythedragon https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2017/11/23/remember-dont-kldload-i915/comment-page-1/#comment-487037 Tue, 28 Nov 2017 16:04:09 +0000 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/?p=20503#comment-487037 Yeah.. encountered that issue, when I upgraded my DFBSD 4.8 to 5.

]]> By: Justin Sherrill https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2017/11/23/remember-dont-kldload-i915/comment-page-1/#comment-487034 Fri, 24 Nov 2017 16:01:47 +0000 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/?p=20503#comment-487034 Thomas – you are right. It’s a kernel load no matter what; so it’s timing that matters.

]]> By: Thomas Nikolajsen https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2017/11/23/remember-dont-kldload-i915/comment-page-1/#comment-487033 Fri, 24 Nov 2017 15:53:59 +0000 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/?p=20503#comment-487033 Ok, seem like header should be: “Do kldload i915” or “Don’t load i915 from loader”

]]> By: Justin Sherrill https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2017/11/23/remember-dont-kldload-i915/comment-page-1/#comment-487032 Fri, 24 Nov 2017 14:57:30 +0000 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/?p=20503#comment-487032 Putting drm_load=”YES” in rc.conf works too. That doesn’t really change anything.

]]> By: Thomas Nikolajsen https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2017/11/23/remember-dont-kldload-i915/comment-page-1/#comment-487031 Fri, 24 Nov 2017 14:56:56 +0000 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/?p=20503#comment-487031 Are you sure you headline is correct?
It seems reversed:
kldload(8) is for loading kernel modules after kernel is booted.
load is for loading modules from loader(8), i.e. before kernel is booted.
/etc/rc.conf is configuration options for after kernel boot.
/boot/loader.conf is configuration options for loader(8).
How about man pages: is working order documented there?
I didn’t find mention of /boot/loader.conf vs /etc/rc.conf in i915(8) (which links to i915kms(8)).

]]> By: Justin Sherrill https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2017/11/23/remember-dont-kldload-i915/comment-page-1/#comment-487030 Fri, 24 Nov 2017 13:50:51 +0000 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/?p=20503#comment-487030 mikegpu – if you put it in rc.conf, the virtual console will still work. It just loads a few seconds later.

I haven’t tried moving the load of drm.ko into rc.conf to see if that combo works any better yet.

]]> By: mikegpu https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2017/11/23/remember-dont-kldload-i915/comment-page-1/#comment-487029 Fri, 24 Nov 2017 11:22:52 +0000 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/?p=20503#comment-487029 > though if you never plan to run X, you can put it in loader.conf and everything will just work

Is that for the virtual console and does it mean if I put it in rc.conf, the console will be non-functional but Xorg will work?

]]> By: mikegpu https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2017/11/23/remember-dont-kldload-i915/comment-page-1/#comment-487028 Fri, 24 Nov 2017 11:21:38 +0000 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/?p=20503#comment-487028 > Been there, done that, put in an Nvidia card on a desktop. Yes, I know that’s not an option on a laptop.

Or you can get a laptop with nvidia and a sufficient battery.

Intel’s drivers have been getting worse for a while. Hope they concentrate on stability soon.

]]> By: mer https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2017/11/23/remember-dont-kldload-i915/comment-page-1/#comment-487026 Fri, 24 Nov 2017 08:05:47 +0000 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/?p=20503#comment-487026 Been there, done that, put in an Nvidia card on a desktop. Yes, I know that’s not an option on a laptop.

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