Hi,
With 3.13-rc1 and 3.13-rc2 kernel crashes/BUGs while loading nouveau: [ 657.654915] ACPI Warning: _SB_.PCI0.IXVE.IGPU._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Integer], ACPI requires [Package] (20131115/nsarguments-95) [ 657.655099] ACPI Warning: _SB_.PCI0.IXVE.IGPU._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20131115/nsarguments-95) [ 657.655270] checking generic (80010000 640000) vs hw (80000000 10000000) [ 657.655273] fb: conflicting fb hw usage nouveaufb vs simple - removing generic driver [ 657.655383] Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x25 [ 657.655632] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: enabling device (0006 -> 0007) [ 657.657149] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LGPU] enabled at IRQ 16 [ 657.657456] [drm] hdmi device not found 2 0 1 [ 657.657954] nouveau [ DEVICE][0000:02:00.0] BOOT0 : 0x0ac800b1 [ 657.657958] nouveau [ DEVICE][0000:02:00.0] Chipset: MCP79/MCP7A (NVAC) [ 657.657960] nouveau [ DEVICE][0000:02:00.0] Family : NV50 [ 657.665274] nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:02:00.0] checking PRAMIN for image... [ 657.722478] nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:02:00.0] ... appears to be valid [ 657.722481] nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:02:00.0] using image from PRAMIN [ 657.722624] nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:02:00.0] BIT signature found [ 657.722627] nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:02:00.0] version 62.79.47.00.01 [ 657.745324] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: irq 42 for MSI/MSI-X [ 657.745360] nouveau [ PMC][0000:02:00.0] MSI interrupts enabled [ 657.745437] nouveau [ PFB][0000:02:00.0] RAM type: stolen system memory [ 657.745441] nouveau [ PFB][0000:02:00.0] RAM size: 256 MiB [ 657.745444] nouveau [ PFB][0000:02:00.0] ZCOMP: 0 tags [ 657.800072] nouveau [ PTHERM][0000:02:00.0] FAN control: none / external [ 657.800083] nouveau [ PTHERM][0000:02:00.0] fan management: automatic [ 657.800086] nouveau [ PTHERM][0000:02:00.0] internal sensor: yes [ 657.800105] nouveau [ CLK][0000:02:00.0] 03: core 100 MHz shader 200 MHz [ 657.800111] nouveau [ CLK][0000:02:00.0] 05: core 150 MHz shader 300 MHz [ 657.800116] nouveau [ CLK][0000:02:00.0] 0e: core 300 MHz shader 600 MHz [ 657.800121] nouveau [ CLK][0000:02:00.0] 0f: core 350 MHz shader 800 MHz [ 657.800135] nouveau E[ CLK][0000:02:00.0] 17 freq unknown [ 657.800137] nouveau E[ CLK][0000:02:00.0] init failed, -22 [ 657.800140] nouveau E[ DRM] failed to create 0x80000080, -22 [ 657.802123] general protection fault: 0000 [#1] SMP [ 657.802130] Modules linked in: nouveau(+) ttm drm_kms_helper [ 657.802140] CPU: 0 PID: 2999 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 3.13.0-rc2-air+ #5 [ 657.802144] Hardware name: Apple Inc. MacBookAir2,1/Mac-F42D88C8, BIOS MBA21.88Z.0075.B03.0811141325 11/14/08 [ 657.802150] task: ffff88007f161520 ti: ffff88007defe000 task.ti: ffff88007defe000 [ 657.802154] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff813d2af0>] [<ffffffff813d2af0>] device_del+0x10/0x1b0 [ 657.802165] RSP: 0018:ffff88007deff9f8 EFLAGS: 00010292 [ 657.802168] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 6b6b6b6b6b6b6b6b RCX: ffffffff81a6f237 [ 657.802173] RDX: ffffffff81876dea RSI: ffffffff81a6e811 RDI: 6b6b6b6b6b6b6b6b [ 657.802177] RBP: ffff88007deffa18 R08: 000000006b6b6b6b R09: 0000000000000000 [ 657.802181] R10: ffff880078801d00 R11: 000000000000002e R12: 6b6b6b6b6b6b6b6b [ 657.802185] R13: ffff88007f5720f8 R14: ffffffffa010e7a0 R15: 00000000ffffffea [ 657.802189] FS: 00007f3c23d75700(0000) GS:ffff88007b000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 657.802194] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b [ 657.802198] CR2: 00007f27436e40f0 CR3: 000000007db4e000 CR4: 00000000000007f0 [ 657.802201] Stack: [ 657.802204] ffffffff8134fd0b 6b6b6b6b6b6b6b6b ffff88007f572060 ffff88007f5720f8 [ 657.802211] ffff88007deffa38 ffffffff813d2ca1 ffff88007d938058 ffff88007da01ca8 [ 657.802217] ffff88007deffa58 ffffffff813bdd6a ffff88007f572060 ffff88007da01ca8 [ 657.802224] Call Trace: [ 657.802231] [<ffffffff8134fd0b>] ? acpi_pci_irq_disable+0x3c/0x49 [ 657.802237] [<ffffffff813d2ca1>] device_unregister+0x11/0x20 [ 657.802243] [<ffffffff813bdd6a>] drm_sysfs_device_remove+0x1a/0x30 [ 657.802249] [<ffffffff813b9dbd>] drm_unplug_minor+0x1d/0x40 [ 657.802255] [<ffffffff813ba0cd>] drm_put_minor+0x3d/0x50 [ 657.802260] [<ffffffff813ba0f8>] drm_dev_free+0x18/0x80 [ 657.802265] [<ffffffff813bc67f>] drm_get_pci_dev+0xaf/0x150 [ 657.802272] [<ffffffff8131d8ce>] ? pcibios_set_master+0x5e/0x90 [ 657.802315] [<ffffffffa00a7eba>] nouveau_drm_probe+0x24a/0x290 [nouveau] [ 657.802321] [<ffffffff8131f36c>] pci_device_probe+0x9c/0xf0 [ 657.802328] [<ffffffff813d6046>] driver_probe_device+0x76/0x240 [ 657.802333] [<ffffffff813d62ab>] __driver_attach+0x9b/0xa0 [ 657.802339] [<ffffffff813d6210>] ? driver_probe_device+0x240/0x240 [ 657.802345] [<ffffffff813d43b5>] bus_for_each_dev+0x55/0x90 [ 657.802350] [<ffffffff813d5b79>] driver_attach+0x19/0x20 [ 657.802355] [<ffffffff813d577c>] bus_add_driver+0x10c/0x210 [ 657.802360] [<ffffffffa0133000>] ? 0xffffffffa0132fff [ 657.802365] [<ffffffff813d692f>] driver_register+0x5f/0xf0 [ 657.802370] [<ffffffffa0133000>] ? 0xffffffffa0132fff [ 657.802375] [<ffffffff8131e697>] __pci_register_driver+0x47/0x50 [ 657.802381] [<ffffffff813bc835>] drm_pci_init+0x115/0x130 [ 657.802386] [<ffffffffa0133000>] ? 0xffffffffa0132fff [ 657.802390] [<ffffffffa0133000>] ? 0xffffffffa0132fff [ 657.802414] [<ffffffffa0133043>] nouveau_drm_init+0x43/0x1000 [nouveau] [ 657.802422] [<ffffffff8100034a>] do_one_initcall+0x11a/0x170 [ 657.802429] [<ffffffff81071e33>] ? set_memory_nx+0x43/0x50 [ 657.802435] [<ffffffff8113a132>] ? __vunmap+0xb2/0x100 [ 657.802441] [<ffffffff810eeb26>] load_module+0x1966/0x21b0 [ 657.802446] [<ffffffff810ec070>] ? show_initstate+0x50/0x50 [ 657.802453] [<ffffffff8115bc94>] ? vfs_read+0x114/0x160 [ 657.802458] [<ffffffff810ef4a6>] SyS_finit_module+0x86/0x90 [ 657.802465] [<ffffffff817235e2>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b [ 657.802469] Code: 74 24 18 48 89 df e8 90 ff ff ff 48 8b 5d e8 4c 8b 65 f0 4c 8b 6d f8 c9 c3 66 90 55 48 89 e5 41 55 41 54 49 89 fc 53 48 83 ec 08 <48> 8b 87 88 00 00 00 4c 8b 2f 48 85 c0 74 1b 48 8b b8 90 00 00 [ 657.802514] RIP [<ffffffff813d2af0>] device_del+0x10/0x1b0 [ 657.802520] RSP <ffff88007deff9f8> [ 657.802524] ---[ end trace 11e780c61d88afaf ]---
I'm booting with efi stub and SYSFB=y, FB_SIMPLE=y, DRM_NOUVEAU=m Same config did boot properly with 3.12. Above output contains complete output from the time of calling modprobe nouveau.
lspci -nn: 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP79 Host Bridge [10de:0a82] (rev b1) 00:00.1 RAM memory [0500]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller [10de:0a88] (rev b1) 00:03.0 ISA bridge [0601]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP79 LPC Bridge [10de:0aaf] (rev b2) 00:03.1 RAM memory [0500]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller [10de:0aa4] (rev b1) 00:03.2 SMBus [0c05]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP79 SMBus [10de:0aa2] (rev b1) 00:03.3 RAM memory [0500]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller [10de:0a89] (rev b1) 00:03.4 RAM memory [0500]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller [10de:0a98] (rev b1) 00:03.5 Co-processor [0b40]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP79 Co-processor [10de:0aa3] (rev b1) 00:04.0 USB controller [0c03]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP79 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller [10de:0aa5] (rev b1) 00:04.1 USB controller [0c03]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP79 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller [10de:0aa6] (rev b1) 00:06.0 USB controller [0c03]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP79 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller [10de:0aa7] (rev b1) 00:06.1 USB controller [0c03]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP79 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller [10de:0aa9] (rev b1) 00:08.0 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP79 High Definition Audio [10de:0ac0] (rev b1) 00:09.0 PCI bridge [0604]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP79 PCI Bridge [10de:0aab] (rev b1) 00:0b.0 SATA controller [0106]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP79 AHCI Controller [10de:0ab9] (rev b1) 00:10.0 PCI bridge [0604]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge [10de:0aa0] (rev b1) 00:15.0 PCI bridge [0604]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge [10de:0ac6] (rev b1) 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation C79 [GeForce 9400M] [10de:0870] (rev b1) 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4328] (rev 05)
Bruno