Re: DRM/DRI problems 5.0.1/amd64

[Adam K Kirchhoff <adamk%voicenet.com@localhost>]

On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:29:29 -0400
Adam K Kirchhoff <adamk%voicenet.com@localhost> wrote:

> On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:38:59 -0400
> Adam K Kirchhoff <adamk%voicenet.com@localhost> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Hello all,
> > 
> > I recently decided to give NetBSD 5.0.1 a shot on my amd64 workstation
> > at home, with a radeon x850.  I compiled a new kernel with radeondrm
> > enabled.  Upon rebooting, the card is detected:
> > 
> > radeondrm0 at vga0: ATI Radeon R480 X850 XT PE (unit 0)
> > [drm:pid0:drm_load] 
> > [drm:pid0:radeon_driver_load] PCIE card detected
> > [drm:pid0:drm_ctxbitmap_next] drm_ctxbitmap_next bit : 0
> > [drm:pid0:drm_ctxbitmap_init] drm_ctxbitmap_init : 0
> > radeondrm0: Initialized radeon 1.26.0 20060524
> > 
> > But, with both Xorg from the x11 sets, and with Xorg from the modular
> > Xorg in pkgsrc, direct rendering is disabled in the X server, and the
> > log file shows this error:
> > 
> > (II) RADEON(0): [drm] installed DRM signal handler
> > (II) RADEON(0): [pci] 32768 kB allocated with handle 0x4a450000
> > (II) RADEON(0): [pci] ring handle = 0x4a450000
> > (EE) RADEON(0): [pci] Could not map ring
> > (EE) RADEON(0): [pci] PCI failed to initialize. Disabling the DRI.
> > (II) RADEON(0): [drm] removed 1 reserved context for kernel
> > (II) RADEON(0): [drm] unmapping 8192 bytes of SAREA 0x7fff800004435000 at 
> > 0x7f7ffdfdb000
> > (II) RADEON(0): [drm] Closed DRM master.
> > 
> > Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can get this working?  I
> > waffled back and forth on where to ask about this, either tech-kern or
> > tech-x11, but this seemed most appropriate as I think it's a an issue
> > with the kernel DRM driver.  I am attaching my full dmesg, with DRM
> > debugging enabled, and the full /var/log/Xorg.0.log file.
> > 
> > Also, I gave -current a shot, too, but ran into another DRM related
> > issue that is apparently already known:
> > 
> > http://mail-index4.netbsd.org/current-users/2009/06/30/msg009865.html
> > 
> > Adam
> > 
> 
> My apologies.  I forgot the files:
> 
> http://adam.npark.com/Xorg.0.log
> http://adam.npark.com/dmesg.txt
> 
> Adam

Finally, I'm curious what cards are supported. The post to current-users above 
has this:

> PS: This is my first Radeon machine running -current, but the 
> external-DRM backport to netbsd-5 is running happily on my amd64 / 
> RadeonHD 4650 box with the pkgsrc modular-xorg-server; I'm typing
> from an X session there.

So I was thinking that my x1900 would work, or at least be detected by
radeondrm.  Unfortunately, all I get is:

drm at vga0 not configured

Adam