Re: 2.6.9 bug: linux logo not displayed in vga16fb (bug found)

[Ludovic Drolez <ludovic.drolez@linbox.com>]

Ludovic Drolez wrote:
> Hi !
> 
> I used to have a nice vga boot logo with my 2.6.7 kernel, but with the 
> 2.6.9, my
> boot logo has disappeared (same .config)...
> It seems to switch to VGA, and some space is reserved for the logo, but 
> it is not displayed.
> The logo appears with vesafb.

I made a few diffs between my old working 2.6.7 kernel and the 2.6.9 and found 
something interesting in fbmem.c:

---------------
@@ -723,7 +419,7 @@
         if (fb_logo.logo == NULL || info->state != FBINFO_STATE_RUNNING)
                 return 0;

-       image.depth = fb_logo.depth;
+       image.depth = 8;
         image.data = fb_logo.logo->data;

         if (fb_logo.needs_cmapreset)
---------------

So, on my 2.6.9, I replaced the '8' by 'fb_logo.depth' and now the logo is 
shown! (but the screen is still not cleared as before when the kernel boots).

Where's the QA guy ? I want to see him now ! ;-)

Cheers,

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