On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 01:31, Tyler Vann-Campbell wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm regretting using the nvidia binary only module right about now.
>
> The new nvidia drivers (the ones unpatched by minion.de) seem to have a
> neat feature that calls pci_find_subsys() in drivers/pci/search.c
>
> Causes warnings in /var/log/messages sometimes, other times it actually
> hangs the box, requiring SSH from another box to kill X.
>
> From the comments surrounding it, it seems like the kernel devs never
> intended for pci_find_subsys() to be called, hence the warnings. This
> shouldn't cause any real kernel oops at all, but it appears that it's
> hanging the box weekly.
>
> If anyone knows anything about this issue please let me know. As I find
> out more about this I'll share it.
>
Just in case anyone was interested, the patches from minion.de seem to
have fixed the problem with the interface and the hangs. If only nvidia
would use them :)
Tyler
-- "Just wait. My crystal ball is infallible." - Linus Torvalds
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