install/57774: Old Nvidia card with Nouveau causes kernel panic on boot

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>Number:         57774
>Category:       install
>Synopsis:       Old Nvidia card  with Nouveau causes kernel panic on boot
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    install-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Dec 14 23:05:00 +0000 2023
>Originator:     Huskers
>Release:        9.3 / 10.0
>Organization:
none
>Environment:
NetBSD 10.99.10 (GENERIC) amd64
>Description:
I tried to install 9.3, 10.0_RC1 and 10.99.10 (Latest) on my desktop with an old nvidia card (NV44 - 6200LE) using UEFI for boot causes kernel panic on Nouveau load.

This happens on all three versions of NetBSD. 

When boot -c is chosen and nouveau is disabled I can get to console. The driver that gets selected is genfb0 as per 

pcictl pci0 list -N | grep NV

I tried UEFI and normal boot but both had the same issue.

Below is what I could view and type as this message was not captured in DMESG.

nouveau0: NVIDIA NV44(044300b2)_
nouveau0: bios: version 04.44.02.45.00
nouveau0: error: imem: unable to map PRAMIN BAR 2: -35
nouveau0: error: imem: imem ctor failed, -35
nouveau0: unable to create nouveau device: 35
panic: cnopen: no console device

Found few listings on the mail list from 2022 but none calls what the fix is.




>How-To-Repeat:
use either 9.3 , 10.0_RC1 installer on an old nvidia card, on boot the kernel panics on load of nouveau with error message 
>Fix:
update nouveau