Linux 3.7-rc1 (nouveau_bios_score oops).

[Heinz Diehl]

On 21.10.2012, Paweł Sikora wrote: 

> with these both patches applied my laptop boots and gui works fine.

The same here. The two patches together, applied to 3.7-rc1 let my
machine boot again. Here's the relevant dmesg cut:

[    3.702671] nouveau  [  DEVICE][0000:01:00.0] BOOT0  : 0x0a8800b1
[    3.704643] nouveau  [  DEVICE][0000:01:00.0] Chipset: GT218 (NVA8)
[    3.707003] nouveau  [  DEVICE][0000:01:00.0] Family : NV50
[    3.711393] nouveau  [   VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] checking PRAMIN for image...
[    3.712793] nouveau  [   VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] ... signature not found
[    3.714147] nouveau  [   VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] checking PROM for image...
[    3.715578] nouveau  [   VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] ... signature not found
[    3.716969] nouveau  [   VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] checking ACPI for image...
[    4.207512] nouveau  [   VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] ... appears to be valid
[    4.209711] nouveau  [   VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] using image from ACPI
[    4.212469] nouveau  [   VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] BIT signature found
[    4.214855] nouveau  [   VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] version 70.18.5d.00
[    4.217554] nouveau  [ DEVINIT][0000:01:00.0] adaptor not initialised
[    4.219922] nouveau  [   VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] running init tables
[    4.342202] nouveau  [     MXM][0000:01:00.0] no VBIOS data, nothing to do
[    4.343590] nouveau  [     PFB][0000:01:00.0] RAM type: DDR3
[    4.344916] nouveau  [     PFB][0000:01:00.0] RAM size: 1024 MiB
[    4.991887] vga_switcheroo: enabled
[    4.993495] [TTM] Zone  kernel: Available graphics memory: 1917720 kiB
[    4.994911] [TTM] Initializing pool allocator
[    4.996228] [TTM] Initializing DMA pool allocator
[    4.998915] nouveau  [     DRM] VRAM: 1024 MiB
[    5.000251] nouveau  [     DRM] GART: 512 MiB
[    5.001579] nouveau  [     DRM] BIT BIOS found
[    5.002904] nouveau  [     DRM] Bios version 70.18.5d.00
[    5.004229] nouveau  [     DRM] TMDS table version 2.0
[    5.005545] nouveau  [     DRM] DCB version 4.0
[    5.006810] nouveau  [     DRM] DCB outp 00: 02014300 00000000
[    5.008115] nouveau  [     DRM] DCB conn 00: 00000040
[    5.009441] nouveau  [     DRM] DCB conn 01: 00410146
[    5.010745] nouveau  [     DRM] DCB conn 02: 00001261
[    5.012019] nouveau  [     DRM] DCB conn 03: 00002330
[    5.013255] nouveau  [     DRM] DCB conn 04: 00000400
[    5.014452] nouveau  [     DRM] DCB conn 05: 00000560
[    5.052344] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 1 (10.10.2010).
[    5.053486] [drm] No driver support for vblank timestamp query.
[    5.054590] nouveau  [     DRM] ACPI backlight interface available,not registering our own
[    5.356822] nouveau  [     DRM] 3 available performance level(s)
[    5.358682] nouveau  [     DRM] 0: core 135MHz shader 270MHz memory 135MHz voltage 850mV
[    5.360442] nouveau  [     DRM] 1: core 405MHz shader 810MHz memory 405MHz voltage 850mV
[    5.362215] nouveau  [     DRM] 3: core 606MHz shader 1468MHz memory 667MHz voltage 1000mV
[    5.363998] nouveau  [     DRM] c: core 405MHz shader 810MHz memory 405MHz
[    5.404143] nouveau  [     DRM] MM: using COPY for buffer copies
[    5.481593] No connectors reported connected with modes
[    5.482667] [drm] Cannot find any crtc or sizes - going 1024x768
[    5.517932] nouveau  [     DRM] allocated 1024x768 fb: 0x70000, bo ffff88013a6d3400
[    5.519236] fb1: nouveaufb frame buffer device
[    5.520368] [drm] Initialized nouveau 1.1.0 20120801 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 1
[    5.527378] dracut: Starting plymouth daemon