From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264457AbUBOKvR (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Feb 2004 05:51:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264479AbUBOKvR (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Feb 2004 05:51:17 -0500 Received: from av5-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net ([81.228.9.113]:29125 "EHLO av5-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264457AbUBOKvP (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Feb 2004 05:51:15 -0500 To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: Linus Torvalds , Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.3-rc3 References: <1076838882.6957.48.camel@gaston> <1076840755.6949.50.camel@gaston> From: Peter Osterlund Date: 15 Feb 2004 11:51:11 +0100 In-Reply-To: <1076840755.6949.50.camel@gaston> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Benjamin Herrenschmidt writes: > > > It doesn't seem to work on my x86 laptop. The screen goes black when > > > the framebuffer is enabled early in the boot sequence. The machine > > > boots normally anyway and I can log in from the network or log in > > > blindly at the console. I can then start the X server which appears to > > > work correctly, but switching back to a console still gives me a black > > > screen. Running "setfont" doesn't fix it. Here is what dmesg reports > > > when running 2.6.3-rc3: > > > > Did it ever work ? (I need to know if it's a regression or some problem > > that was already there in the first place). (Hrm... looking at the end > > of your mail, it indeed seem to be a regression with this version) > > BTW. This is the reason I left the "old" driver in, you can still > build it if the new ones goes wrong. Yes, you can still build the old driver, but it doesn't work unless you also apply this patch: --- linux/drivers/video/fbmem.c.old 2004-02-15 11:47:26.000000000 +0100 +++ linux/drivers/video/fbmem.c 2004-02-15 11:43:42.000000000 +0100 @@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ #ifdef CONFIG_FB_RADEON { "radeonfb", radeonfb_init, radeonfb_setup }, #endif +#ifdef CONFIG_FB_RADEON_OLD + { "radeonfb_old", radeonfb_init, radeonfb_setup }, +#endif #ifdef CONFIG_FB_CONTROL { "controlfb", control_init, control_setup }, #endif -- Peter Osterlund - petero2@telia.com http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340