<html> <head> <base href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/" /> </head> <body> <div> <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW --- - Rv6xx dpm problems" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66963#c192">Comment # 192</a> on <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW --- - Rv6xx dpm problems" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66963">bug 66963</a> from <a class="email" href="mailto:paul.bodenbenner@gmail.com" title="Paul Bodenbenner <paul.bodenbenner@gmail.com>"> Paul Bodenbenner</a> <pre>(In reply to <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=66963#c190">comment #190</a>) > (In reply to <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=66963#c189">comment #189</a>) > > (In reply to <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=66963#c188">comment #188</a>) > > > (In reply to <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=66963#c183">comment #183</a>) > > > > You might also try my 3.14 branch: > > > > <a href="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~agd5f/linux/log/?h=drm-next-3.14">http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~agd5f/linux/log/?h=drm-next-3.14</a> > > > > > > Not sure if there are any important changes in this branch, but so far it > > > looks more stable for me. I haven't seen hangs while video was played, > > > though the week before i got them almost daily. And have seen hand during > > > start up only once for last week. > > > > > > I might be just very lucky this week. > > > > Still don't see hangs, but noticed but FPS is very low on this branch. Half > > Life is like a slideshow, though works fine with vanilla kernel. > > Are you sure you have acceleration enabled, the behaviour you describe > matches what I found when started testing that branch (grep dmesg for > "*ERROR* radeon: ring 3 test failed (0xCAFEDEAD)"). > > If you have that problem you could test the patch I sent in <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=66963#c175">comment 175</a> ( > <a href="attachment.cgi?id=91835" name="attach_91835" title="Disable the DMA ring in R6xx">attachment 91835</a> <a href="attachment.cgi?id=91835&action=edit" title="Disable the DMA ring in R6xx">[details]</a> <a href='page.cgi?id=splinter.html&bug=66963&attachment=91835'>[review]</a> [review]), It will skip initialization of the DMA > ring and enable acceleration again. I've been using it for several weeks, no > hangs yet, works like a charm. Thanks for your patch! I adapted it to the current git state and I will attach it here (hope I made no mistake ;-)). So with that patch the drm-next-3.14 branch works very well: Booted up about 25 times with only 3 hangs. Suspend worked every time. :-) @Alex Deucher: Very good job! Whats wrong with ring stuff. Do we need a new version of xf86-video-ati?! Also can I do anything against the seldom hangs? Best Regards, Paul</pre> </div> <hr> You are receiving this mail because: <ul> <li>You are the assignee for the bug.</li> </ul> </body> </html>