Re: PROBLEM: AST2500 BMC video output disabled by reboot (regression)

[Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>]

Hi

Am 21.04.25 um 06:26 schrieb Nick Bowler:
> Hi,
>
> I recently noticed that on current kernels I lose video output from
> my Blackbird's AST2500 BMC after a reboot, which makes it difficult to
> boot the system again (the video output will come on only after Linux
> is booted again).
>
> With Linux 6.6 and earlier, there is no problem rebooting, everything
> is fine.
>
> I bisected to this commit:
>
>    ce3d99c8349584bc0fbe1e21918a3ea1155343aa is the first bad commit
>    commit ce3d99c8349584bc0fbe1e21918a3ea1155343aa
>    Author: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
>    Date:   Fri Sep 1 16:39:53 2023 -0700
>
>        drm: Call drm_atomic_helper_shutdown() at shutdown time for misc drivers
>
> This commit does not revert cleanly on 6.14, but I can easily undo
> the changes this commit made to the ast driver, and this is enough
> to restore working behaviour.
>
> Let me know if you need any more info!

Would you be able to test a patch?

Best regards
Thomas

>
> Thanks,
>    Nick

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