Hi Ben,
Since 3.19 the NV BIOS can no longer be loaded via ACPI. This breaks my HP
laptop.
Looking at the recent changes (ad4a3626 split out shadow methods) in the bios shadow code, I think
this happens:
- nvbios_shadow loops over all possible bios sources
- shadow_method
- shadow_score
- shadow_image tries to validate the image contents *before* loading it via
ACPI calls
- nvbios_imagen calls nv_ro16 on the bios object which tries to read 16 bytes
directly from memory.
Before the change, the code was:
- mthd->shadow(bios);
- which for ACPI calls nouveau_bios_shadow_acpi which doesn't try to validate
the image
mthd->score = nouveau_bios_score(bios, mthd->rw); which validates the image
So shadowing always happened *before* trying to look at the bios data.
The relevant log is below.
Ortwin
3.18:
Feb 15 11:28:50 localhost kernel: nouveau [ DEVICE][0000:01:00.0] BOOT0 :
0x0e63c0a1
Feb 15 11:28:50 localhost kernel: nouveau [ DEVICE][0000:01:00.0] Chipset:
GK106 (NVE6)
Feb 15 11:28:50 localhost kernel: nouveau [ DEVICE][0000:01:00.0] Family :
NVE0
Feb 15 11:28:50 localhost kernel: nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] checking
PRAMIN for image...
Feb 15 11:28:50 localhost kernel: nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] ...
signature not found
Feb 15 11:28:50 localhost kernel: nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] checking
PROM for image...
Feb 15 11:28:50 localhost kernel: fbcon: inteldrmfb (fb0) is primary device
Feb 15 11:28:50 localhost kernel: nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] ...
signature not found
Feb 15 11:28:50 localhost kernel: nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] checking
ACPI for image...
Feb 15 11:28:50 localhost kernel: nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] ... appears
to be valid
Feb 15 11:28:50 localhost kernel: nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] using image
from ACPI
Feb 15 11:28:50 localhost kernel: nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] BIT
signature found
3.19:
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: VGA switcheroo: detected Optimus DSM method \_SB_.PCI0.PEGP.DGFX
handle
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: enabling device (0004
-> 0007)
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau [ DEVICE][0000:01:00.0] BOOT0 :
0x0e63c0a1
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau [ DEVICE][0000:01:00.0] Chipset:
GK106 (NVE6)
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau [ DEVICE][0000:01:00.0] Family :
NVE0
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau D[ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] trying
ACPI...
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau D[ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] 00000000:
type 00, 65536 bytes
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau D[ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] 00000000:
fetch failed
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau D[ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] scored 0
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau D[ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] trying
ACPI...
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau D[ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] 00000000:
type 00, 65536 bytes
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau D[ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] 00000000:
fetch failed
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau D[ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] scored 0
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau E[ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] ACPI invalid
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] checking
(null) for image...
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] checking
PRAMIN for image...
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau D[ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] trying
PRAMIN...
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau D[ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] ... not
enabled
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] checking
PROM for image...
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau D[ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] trying
PROM...
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau D[ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] 00000000: ROM signature (ffff)
unknown
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau D[ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] image 0
invalid
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau D[ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] scored 0
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] checking
ACPI for image...
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau D[ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] trying
ACPI...
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau D[ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] 00000000:
type 00, 65536 bytes
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau D[ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] 00000000:
fetch failed
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau D[ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] scored 0
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] checking
ACPI for image...
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau D[ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] trying
ACPI...
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau D[ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] 00000000:
type 00, 65536 bytes
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau D[ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] 00000000:
fetch failed
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau D[ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] scored 0
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] checking
PCIROM for image...
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau D[ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] trying
PCIROM...
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Invalid ROM contents
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau D[ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] 00000000: ROM signature (0000)
unknown
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau D[ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] image 0
invalid
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau D[ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] scored 0
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] checking
PLATFORM for image...
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau D[ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] trying
PLATFORM...
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau ![ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] unable to
locate usable image
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau E[ DEVICE][0000:01:00.0] failed to
create 0x10000001, -22
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau E[ DRM] failed to create
0x00000080, -22
Feb 15 11:30:40 localhost kernel: nouveau: probe of 0000:01:00.0 failed with
error -22
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