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From: Corbin Bird <corbinbird@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia driver missing symbols
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2017 14:13:59
Message-Id: 586E5457.7000004@charter.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] nvidia driver missing symbols by Daniel Frey
1 On 01/04/2017 10:52 PM, Daniel Frey wrote:
2 > So I updated my nvidia driver and got the following:
3 >
4 > [ 75.557567] nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major
5 > device number 247
6 > [ 75.557583] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 375.26
7 > Thu Dec 8 18:36:43 PST 2016 (using threaded interrupts)
8 > [ 75.701289] nvidia-modeset: Loading NVIDIA Kernel Mode Setting Driver
9 > for UNIX platforms 375.26 Thu Dec 8 18:04:14 PST 2016
10 > [ 75.769472] nvidia_drm: Unknown symbol
11 > drm_atomic_helper_plane_destroy_state (err 0)
12 > [ 75.769479] nvidia_drm: Unknown symbol drm_kms_helper_poll_fini (err 0)
13 > [ 75.769491] nvidia_drm: Unknown symbol drm_kms_helper_poll_disable
14 > (err 0)
15 > [ 75.769497] nvidia_drm: Unknown symbol drm_kms_helper_poll_init (err 0)
16 > [ 75.769514] nvidia_drm: Unknown symbol
17 > drm_atomic_helper_disable_plane (err 0)
18 > [ 75.769527] nvidia_drm: Unknown symbol
19 > drm_atomic_helper_cleanup_planes (err 0)
20 > [ 75.769531] nvidia_drm: Unknown symbol drm_helper_hpd_irq_event (err 0)
21 > [ 75.769538] nvidia_drm: Unknown symbol
22 > drm_atomic_helper_crtc_destroy_state (err 0)
23 > [ 75.769565] nvidia_drm: Unknown symbol drm_atomic_helper_check (err 0)
24 > [ 75.769567] nvidia_drm: Unknown symbol
25 > drm_atomic_helper_connector_destroy_state (err 0)
26 > [ 75.769573] nvidia_drm: Unknown symbol
27 > drm_atomic_helper_plane_duplicate_state (err 0)
28 > [ 75.769603] nvidia_drm: Unknown symbol drm_atomic_helper_plane_reset
29 > (err 0)
30 > [ 75.769606] nvidia_drm: Unknown symbol
31 > drm_atomic_helper_prepare_planes (err 0)
32 > [ 75.769610] nvidia_drm: Unknown symbol drm_helper_mode_fill_fb_struct
33 > (err 0)
34 > [ 75.769622] nvidia_drm: Unknown symbol drm_atomic_helper_set_config
35 > (err 0)
36 > [ 75.769624] nvidia_drm: Unknown symbol
37 > drm_atomic_helper_connector_duplicate_state (err 0)
38 > [ 75.769630] nvidia_drm: Unknown symbol drm_atomic_helper_crtc_reset
39 > (err 0)
40 > [ 75.769636] nvidia_drm: Unknown symbol drm_kms_helper_hotplug_event
41 > (err 0)
42 > [ 75.769644] nvidia_drm: Unknown symbol drm_atomic_helper_swap_state
43 > (err 0)
44 > [ 75.769646] nvidia_drm: Unknown symbol drm_atomic_helper_page_flip
45 > (err 0)
46 > [ 75.769648] nvidia_drm: Unknown symbol
47 > drm_atomic_helper_connector_reset (err 0)
48 > [ 75.769653] nvidia_drm: Unknown symbol
49 > drm_atomic_helper_crtc_duplicate_state (err 0)
50 > [ 75.769656] nvidia_drm: Unknown symbol drm_atomic_helper_update_plane
51 > (err 0)
52 >
53 > I've traced this to needing KMS helper support in the kernel.
54 >
55 > For the life of me, I can't find it to enable it. When searching the
56 > kernel, it shows up but doesn't say exactly where it is.
57 >
58 > Surely someone else has run across this and has a way to enable:
59 >
60 > CONFIG_DRM_KMS_HELPER
61 > CONFIG_DRM_KMS_FB_HELPER
62 > CONFIG_DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION
63 >
64 > ??
65 >
66 > I am thinking it needs something as a prerequisite but I can't grok that
67 > line in the kernel.
68 >
69 > Dan
70 >
71
72 More info, please.
73
74 Question #1 : is this a (U)EFI based system?
75 Question #2 : which FB(s) are enabled?

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Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia driver missing symbols Daniel Frey <djqfrey@×××××.com>