On Sun, Sep 05, 2021 at 01:52:31AM +0200, wim wrote: > > Hello Greg, > > from kernel-4.9.270 up until now (4.9.282) I experience kernel crashes upon > loading a GPU module. > It happens on two out of at least six different machines. > I can't believe that I'm the only one where that happens, but since the bug > is still there twelve versions later, I need to report this. > > I run Gentoo with vanilla kernels. > Upon loading i915.ko (automatically or manually) my laptop freezes until > power-down. (Note that other machines using i915.ko have no problems here.) > It's an Asus laptop with Intel chipset with a peculiarity: > > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 620 (rev 02) > 01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM108M [GeForce 940MX] (rev a2) > > (It uses Intel natively and nobody knows how to make use of that Nvidia chip) > > > On an AMD desktop I get the same crash upon loading of nouveau.ko . > > Something ugly must have been introduced in kernel-4.9.270 . > Strace modprobe .. only prints two lines on the screen. > Strace modprobe .. 2>&1 > file produces only an empty file. > > Any ideas? Regards, Wim Osterholt.
