Re: install/57542: NetBSD shuts down during installation on Intel Atom Baytrail Notebook with 32-bit EFI

[RVP <rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost>]

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From: RVP <rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost>
To: Werner Lehmann <lehmannwer%gmail.com@localhost>
Cc: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, martin%duskware.de@localhost
Subject: Re: install/57542: NetBSD shuts down during installation on Intel
 Atom Baytrail Notebook with 32-bit EFI
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2023 07:46:52 +0000 (UTC)

 On Thu, 27 Jul 2023, Werner Lehmann wrote:
 
 >>  ```
 >>  dmesg > /var/log/dmesg.tx
 >
 > I was not able to do this,
 >
 
 That's fine, there are easier ways to get a dmesg if needed, but,
 I don't think it is now (see below)...
 
 > The network device is not recognized,
 >
 
 Going by the Linux kernel messages you seem to have an RTL-8723BS
 WiFi-BT wireless NIC. There's no driver for this even in NetBSD-HEAD.
 And, since you don't appear to have any other ethernet device, I
 would suggest that you buy a USB wireless adapter. Please ask on
 the netbsd-users list for recommendations.
 
 > I think the sound device is not recognized either.
 >
 
 There appears to a driver (es8316ac) for the  `Everest Semi ES8316
 LowPower Audio CODEC' corresponding to this (bytcht-es8316) sound
 device on Linux, but it looks like an ARM-specific driver.
 
 For the battery issue too, there seems to be a compatible driver
 present, but, again, this too seems ARM-only. I don't think either
 of them will compile into an x86 kernel.
 
 So, for audio also, you'll have to invest in a USB device.
 
 > X is not really usable,
 >
 
 There are a couple of way to "fix" those artifacts in 9.3
 
 1. Run a compositor (as suggested in the "Graphics" section here:
 https://wiki.netbsd.org/laptops/)
 
 2. Try these settings with the "intel" Xorg display-driver:
 
 ```
 $ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/intel.conf
 Section "Device"
      Identifier  "Card0"
      Driver      "intel"
      Option      "AccelMethod"       "UXA"
      # Option      "AccelMethod"     "blt"
 
      # Option	"TearFree"          "on"
      # Option	"VSync"             "on"
      # Option	"PageFlip"          "on"
      # Option	"SwapbuffersWait"   "on"
      # Option	"TripleBuffer"      "on"
      # Option	"DRI"               "off"
 
      # Option	"LinearFramebuffer" "on"
      # Option	"ReprobeOutputs"    "on"
 EndSection
 $
 ```
 
 Choose either "UXA" or "blt", then uncomment the other lines
 one-by-one to see which works best.
 
 You should also:
 
 a) see if there is a BIOS update
 b) try the latest -HEAD image
 
 to see if this issue will go away:
 
 ```
 [     1.000003] acpi0: autoconfiguration error: failed to evaluate _PRW for BRCM: AE_BAD_PARAMETER
 [     1.000003] acpi0: autoconfiguration error: failed to evaluate _PRW for WLAN: AE_BAD_PARAMETER
 [     1.000003] acpi0: autoconfiguration error: failed to evaluate _PRW for RTLW: AE_BAD_PARAMETER
 [     1.000003] acpi0: autoconfiguration error: failed to evaluate _PRW for LID: AE_BAD_PARAMETER
 ```
 
 Please check the disk media too. You should not be seeing these
 sorts of write errors on the drive:
 
 ```
 [    15.904213] sdhc0: data crc error
 [    15.917638] ld0d: error writing fsbn 6699648 of 6699648-6699775 (ld0 bn 6699648; cn 830 tn 103 sn 39), retrying
 [    15.924225] sdhc0: data crc error
 [    15.939053] ld0d: error writing fsbn 6700256 of 6700256-6700383 (ld0 bn 6700256; cn 830 tn 113 sn 17), retrying
 [    15.939053] sdhc0: data crc error
 [    15.953230] ld0d: error writing fsbn 6700416 of 6700416-6700543 (ld0 bn 6700416; cn 830 tn 115 sn 51), retrying
 [    15.954246] sdhc0: data crc error
 ```
 
 -RVP