When I include: amdgpu_load="YES" amdgpu_name="/boot/modules/amdgpu.ko in my /boot/loader.conf, it loads amdgpu.ko, and also loads drm.ko, linuxkpi_gplv2.ko, dmabuf.ko, and ttm.ko (which I hypothesize happens because the top Makefile specifies: DEFAULT_KMODS= dmabuf \ linuxkpi \ ttm \ drm \ amd \ radeon But in order to work, we also need firmware for my graphics card to load, which means amdgpu_raven_{gpu_info,sdma,asd,ta,pfp,me,ce,rlc,mec,mec2,vcn}_bin.ko also have to be loaded in my case. And they are, if I kldload amdgpu.ko by hand in single-user mode or include amdgpu.ko in kld_list in my /etc/rc.conf. (And in that case, X windows comes up nicely using the "amdgpu" driver, whereas otherwise it comes up in VESA mode.) In conjunction with bug #267028, it would be nice if I could load amdgpu.ko at /boot/loader.conf time, since loading it later on increases the chance of a kernel crash in ZFS code. Don't ask me why.
Loading drm from loader.conf isn't supported.