I suspect loader.efi issue rather than that you mentioned. https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/svn-src-stable-11/2016-September/000503.html
nvidia.ko is loaded as a dependency of nvidia-modeset.ko, so if nvidia.ko failed to load, nvidia-modeset.ko should fail as well. On Sun, 18 Sep 2016 19:02:55 -0700 David Wolfskill <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 06:58:38PM -0700, Charles Cowart wrote: > > I did a clean install of RC3 over RC2, and I noticed that nvidia_load="yes" > > no longer appears to work in /boot/loader.conf. I can still load the module > > from etc/rc.conf > > ... > > As the nvidia kernel module is part of a port/package, I suspect that > this is more of a "ports" issue than a "stable" issue; in particular, if > the version of the nvidia-driver you're using is sufficiently recent, > you may find a recent ports/UPDATING entry relevant: > > 20160829: > AFFECTS: users of x11/nvidia-driver > AUTHOR: [email protected] > > The NVidia driver has been updated to version 367.35. Starting with > version 358.09, new kernel module was added, nvidia-modeset.ko. This > new driver component works in conjunction with the nvidia.ko kernel > module to program the display engine of the GPU. > > Users that experience hangs when starting X11 server, or observe > > (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated MetaModes: > (II) NVIDIA(0): "NULL" > > messages in their /var/log/Xorg.0.log file should replace ``nvidia'' > with ``nvidia-modeset'' in /boot/loader.conf or /etc/rc.conf files, > depending on how they prefer to load NVidia driver kernel module. > > Peace, > david > -- > David H. Wolfskill [email protected] > Those who would murder in the name of God or prophet are blasphemous cowards. > > See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key. -- Tomoaki AOKI <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
