FreeBSD-14 console crashes with Nvidia NVS 295

[Sad Clouds]

Hi, I installed FreeBSD-14 on HP Z600 with an old Nvidia Quadro NVS 295
graphics card. The issue is that during boot VT console crashes, the
kernel messages suddenly stop and the terminal is left frozen. The
system still runs OK and I can ssh into it and use it.

The workaround was to change from VT to SC console
in /boot/loader.conf. Any idea why this is happening? Is NVS 295 too
old to be used with the VT console?

Thanks.

[Graham Perrin]

Which driver, specifically?

Also,

freebsd-version -kru ; uname -mvKU

pkg repos -el | sort -f

pkg repos -e | grep -B 1 url

[Sad Clouds]

Hello, I forgot to mention, I don't use X11 and use this machine as a
server, so I only need the console for boot messages.

$ freebsd-version -kru
14.3-RELEASE
14.3-RELEASE
14.3-RELEASE

$ uname -mvKU
FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE releng/14.3-n271432-8c9ce319fef7 GENERIC amd64
1403000 1403000

$ pkg repos -el | sort -f
FreeBSD
FreeBSD-kmods

$ pkg repos -e | grep -B 1 url
FreeBSD: {
url : "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/quarterly",
--
FreeBSD-kmods: {
url : "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/kmods_quarterly_3",

$ sysctl kern.vty
kern.vty: vt

... and finally from dmesg

# dmesg | grep vga
VT(vga): resolution 640x480
vtvga0: <VT VGA driver>
vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> port 0xe000-mfi0: 150664 (boot + 25s/0x0002/info) - Inserted: PD 15(e0xff/s5) Info: enclPd=ffff, scsiType=0, portMap=01, sasAddr=44332211050xe07f000000,0000000000000000
mfi0: 150666 (boot + 25s/0x0002/info) - Inserted: PD 16(e0xff/s0) Info: enclPd=ffff, scsiType=0, portMap=03, sasAddr=4433221103vgapci0: Boot video device

what you notice above is that some of the vga messages and interleaved with the messages from mfi RAID adapter. Not sure if there is some sort of locking issue during drivers load.

The issue with vt console crashing happens for both, official FreeBSD install CD boot and when the system is fully installed. On one instance when booting from CD, the race condition did not occur, and I managed to load the installer and then fully install the system. Same issue occurred with FreeBSD-13.5

If I don't use ZFS and install the system on UFS, then the issue does not occur, or the frequency of it occurring is significantly reduced and the console seems to be usable most of the time.

If you need more debug info, then let me know.

Thanks.