[LinuxBIOS] Gigabyte M57SLI rev2.0 - PCI-Express

[Harald Gutmann]

Hello!

As i know the PCI-Express port on that board should work with lb but i've 
troubles on using an nvidia-grapic card with the propritary nvidia driver and 
lb. i used the revison 2994 for this test with lb-v2. Or is it nessacary to 
use a patch to get the PCI-Express working with lb?

here are some informations on my system:

dmesg shows the following output according to the nvidia module:
nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  100.14.19  Wed Sep 12 14:08:38 
PDT 2007
NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x12:0x2b:1557)
NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed

the xorg logfile contains the following error:
(EE) NVIDIA(0): The NVIDIA kernel module does not appear to be receiving
(EE) NVIDIA(0):     interrupts generated by the NVIDIA graphics device
(EE) NVIDIA(0):     PCI:7:0:0.  Please see Chapter 8: Common Problems in the
(EE) NVIDIA(0):     README for additional information.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device!
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

where the last two lines (beginning with NVRM) in the dmesg appear when i try 
to start the xserver with the nvidia grapics driver.

attached is the superio output from lb, and from the propritary bios.

[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger]

On 02.12.2007 21:05, Harald Gutmann wrote:
> Hello!
>
> As i know the PCI-Express port on that board should work with lb but i've 
> troubles on using an nvidia-grapic card with the propritary nvidia driver and 
> lb. i used the revison 2994 for this test with lb-v2. Or is it nessacary to 
> use a patch to get the PCI-Express working with lb?
>
> here are some informations on my system:
>
> dmesg shows the following output according to the nvidia module:
> nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
> NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  100.14.19  Wed Sep 12 14:08:38 
> PDT 2007
> NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x12:0x2b:1557)
> NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
>
> the xorg logfile contains the following error:
> (EE) NVIDIA(0): The NVIDIA kernel module does not appear to be receiving
> (EE) NVIDIA(0):     interrupts generated by the NVIDIA graphics device
> (EE) NVIDIA(0):     PCI:7:0:0.  Please see Chapter 8: Common Problems in the
> (EE) NVIDIA(0):     README for additional information.
> (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device!
> (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
>
> where the last two lines (beginning with NVRM) in the dmesg appear when i try 
> to start the xserver with the nvidia grapics driver.
>
> attached is the superio output from lb, and from the propritary bios.

Please attach lspci -vvvxxx under lb and prop as well. I suspect some
age-old PCI setup difference may be causing problems here.

And I have no idea whether we boot the Nvidia graphics BIOS or not. A
LinuxBIOS serial capture should help to clear that up.

Regards,
Carl-Daniel

[Ward Vandewege]

On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 01:43:44AM +0100, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> On 02.12.2007 21:05, Harald Gutmann wrote:
> And I have no idea whether we boot the Nvidia graphics BIOS or not. A
> LinuxBIOS serial capture should help to clear that up.

I'm pretty sure we do; my nvidia card works just fine with the nv driver (and
I get console on bootup).

Thanks,
Ward.

[Harald Gutmann]

Am Mittwoch, 5. Dezember 2007 01:48:35 schrieb Ward Vandewege:
> On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 01:43:44AM +0100, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> > On 02.12.2007 21:05, Harald Gutmann wrote:
> > And I have no idea whether we boot the Nvidia graphics BIOS or not. A
> > LinuxBIOS serial capture should help to clear that up.
>
> I'm pretty sure we do; my nvidia card works just fine with the nv driver
> (and I get console on bootup).

my card works also fine with the nv driver, but not with the nvidia driver.
> Thanks,
> Ward.

regards,
harald

[Torsten Duwe]

On Wednesday 05 December 2007, Harald Gutmann wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 5. Dezember 2007 01:48:35 schrieb Ward Vandewege:
> > On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 01:43:44AM +0100, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> > > On 02.12.2007 21:05, Harald Gutmann wrote:
> > > And I have no idea whether we boot the Nvidia graphics BIOS or not. A
> > > LinuxBIOS serial capture should help to clear that up.
> >
> > I'm pretty sure we do; my nvidia card works just fine with the nv driver
> > (and I get console on bootup).
>
> my card works also fine with the nv driver, but not with the nvidia driver.

I assume the IRQ routing fixes I sent a while ago work for 1.x boards only, 
and that 2.x boards use different wiring.

Can someone with a 1.x rev board and an nvidia card (Hi Ward ;-) try whether 
the proprietary nvidia driver works on that?

Torsten

[Harald Gutmann]

Am Mittwoch, 5. Dezember 2007 01:43:44 schrieb Carl-Daniel Hailfinger:
> Please attach lspci -vvvxxx under lb and prop as well. I suspect some
> age-old PCI setup difference may be causing problems here.

both outputs are attached.
> And I have no idea whether we boot the Nvidia graphics BIOS or not. A
> LinuxBIOS serial capture should help to clear that up.

i could do that, but at the moment i have the fitting cable not here.
> Regards,
> Carl-Daniel

regards,
harald