radeon_fbdev_river_fbdev: failed to initialize framebuffer and setup emulation

radeon_fbdev_river_fbdev: failed to initialize framebuffer and setup emulation

[Christian Zigotzky]

FYI: We are using PowerPC machines.

+ dri-devel

> On 03 August 2025 at 05:28 pm, Christian Zigotzky <chzigotzky@xenosoft.de> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have the same issue on another machine either. Blank screen during the boot. The Radeon graphics framebuffer device doesn't work anymore.
> 
> Here is the modifed code from the DRM updates (drm-next-2025-07-30):
> 
> - https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/diff/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_fbdev.c?id=260f6f4fda93c8485c8037865c941b42b9cba5d2
> - https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/diff/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_drv.c?id=260f6f4fda93c8485c8037865c941b42b9cba5d2
> - https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/diff/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c?id=260f6f4fda93c8485c8037865c941b42b9cba5d2
> - https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/diff/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen_cs.c?id=260f6f4fda93c8485c8037865c941b42b9cba5d2
> 
> Do you have a patch for reverting these modifications? I would like to revert these modifications for testing.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Christian
> 
>> On 03 August 2025 at 1:35 pm, Christian Zigotzky wrote:
>> Hello,
>> Xorg doesn't work after the DRM updates drm-next-2025-07-30.
>> Error messages:
>> [dr:.radeon_fbdev_river_fbdev_proe] *ERROR* failed to initialize framebuffer -22
>> radeon 0000:01:0.0: [drm] *ERRO* fbdev: Failedto setup emulaton (ret=-22)
>> brd module loadedm
>> lop: module loadd
>> mpt3ss version 52.10.00.00 loaded
>> nve nvme0: pci fuction 0002:04:0.0
>> fsl-sata ffe20000.sata: SataFSL Platform/CS Driver init
>> scs host0: sata_fs
>> ta1: SATA max DMA/133 irq 68 pm-pol 0
>> ;21;39mfsl-sat ffe221000.sata Sata FSL Platfrm/CSB Driver iit
>> ata1: Signatue Update detectd @ 0 msecs
>> scsihost1: sata_fsl[0m
>> ta2: SATA max UMA/133 irq 69 lm-pol 0
>> nvme nvm0: 4/0/0 defaul/read/poll queus
>> nvme0n1: p1 p p3 p4 p5 p6 p7[0m
>> drm:.radeon_fbdv_driver_fbdev_robe] *ERROR* filed to initialze framebuffer 22
>> fsl_dpaa_mac fe4e6000.ethernt: of_get_mac_adress(/soc@ffe00000/ fman@40000/ethernet@e6000 failed
>> radeon 000:01:00.0: [dr] *ERROR* fbdev Failed to setu emulation (ret-22)
>> fsl_dpaa_ma ffe4e6000.ethenet: FMan MEMAC[0m
>> sl_dpaa_mac ffee6000.ethernet:Using random MA address: 0e
>> Could you please check the latest DRM updates?
>> Thanks,
>> Christian
> 

radeon_fbdev_river_fbdev: failed to initialize framebuffer and setup emulation

[Christian Zigotzky]

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Re: radeon_fbdev_river_fbdev: failed to initialize framebuffer and setup emulation

[Limonciello, Mario]

On 8/7/25 9:10 AM, Christian Zigotzky wrote:
> I bisected today.
> 
> git clone https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/kernel a
> 
> git bisect start
> 
> git bisect good 2f29b5c231011b94007d2c8a6d793992f2275db1
> (Good: video: screen_info: Relocate framebuffers behind PCI bridges)
> 
> git bisect bad f62408efc8669b82541295a4611494c8c8c52684
> (Bad: drm/xe/vf: Disable CSC support on VF)
> 
> 4d4c10f763d7808fbade28d83d237411603bca05 is the first bad commit
> commit 4d4c10f763d7808fbade28d83d237411603bca05
> Author: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@amd.com>
> Date:   Wed Apr 23 23:31:32 2025 -0500
> 
>      PCI: Explicitly put devices into D0 when initializing
> 
>      AMD BIOS team has root caused an issue that NVMe storage failed to come
>      back from suspend to a lack of a call to _REG when NVMe device was 
> probed.
> 
>      112a7f9c8edbf ("PCI/ACPI: Call _REG when transitioning D-states") added
>      support for calling _REG when transitioning D-states, but this only 
> works
>      if the device actually "transitions" D-states.
> 
>      967577b062417 ("PCI/PM: Keep runtime PM enabled for unbound PCI 
> devices")
>      added support for runtime PM on PCI devices, but never actually
>      'explicitly' sets the device to D0.
> 
>      To make sure that devices are in D0 and that platform methods such as
>      _REG are called, explicitly set all devices into D0 during 
> initialization.
> 
>      Fixes: 967577b062417 ("PCI/PM: Keep runtime PM enabled for unbound 
> PCI devices")
>      Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@amd.com>
>      Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
>      Tested-by: Denis Benato <benato.denis96@gmail.com>
>      Tested-By: Yijun Shen <Yijun_Shen@Dell.com>
>      Tested-By: David Perry <david.perry@amd.com>
>      Reviewed-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@kernel.org>
>      Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250424043232.1848107-1- 
> superm1@kernel.org
> 
>   drivers/pci/pci-driver.c |  6 ------
>   drivers/pci/pci.c        | 13 ++++++++++---
>   drivers/pci/pci.h        |  1 +
>   3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> I bisected with a ATi Radeon 7000 / VE (-device ati-vga,model=rv100) :-)
> 
>> On 04 August 2025 at 06:26 pm, mad skateman <madskateman@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> I am using the R580 chip which is the Radeon X1950 XT.
>>
>> The board i am using is a T1042 PowerPC based one with e5500 core.
>>
>> I also lost the ability to start Xorg and therefore just a blank screen.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Op ma 4 aug 2025, 18:04 schreef Christian Zigotzky 
>> <chzigotzky@xenosoft.de <mailto:chzigotzky@xenosoft.de>>:
>>
>>
>>     On 04 August 2025 at 04:42 pm, Alex Deucher wrote:
>>     > On Sun, Aug 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM Christian Zigotzky
>>     > <chzigotzky@xenosoft.de <mailto:chzigotzky@xenosoft.de>> wrote:
>>     >>
>>     >> Hello,
>>     >>
>>     >> I have the same issue on another machine either. Blank screen
>>     during the
>>     >> boot. The Radeon graphics framebuffer device doesn't work anymore.
>>     >>
>>     >> Here is the modifed code from the DRM updates (drm-
>>     next-2025-07-30):
>>     >>
>>     >> -
>>     >> https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/
>>     linux.git/diff/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_fbdev.c?
>>     id=260f6f4fda93c8485c8037865c941b42b9cba5d2 <https://
>>     web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/
>>     diff/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_fbdev.c?
>>     id=260f6f4fda93c8485c8037865c941b42b9cba5d2>
>>     >> -
>>     >> https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/
>>     linux.git/diff/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_drv.c?
>>     id=260f6f4fda93c8485c8037865c941b42b9cba5d2 <https://
>>     web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/
>>     diff/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_drv.c?
>>     id=260f6f4fda93c8485c8037865c941b42b9cba5d2>
>>     >
>>     > This change just bumps the driver version it shouldn't affect
>>     the fbdev.
>>     >
>>     >> -
>>     >> https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/
>>     linux.git/diff/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c?
>>     id=260f6f4fda93c8485c8037865c941b42b9cba5d2 <https://
>>     web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/
>>     diff/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c?
>>     id=260f6f4fda93c8485c8037865c941b42b9cba5d2>
>>     >> -
>>     >> https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/
>>     linux.git/diff/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen_cs.c?
>>     id=260f6f4fda93c8485c8037865c941b42b9cba5d2 <https://
>>     web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/
>>     diff/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen_cs.c?
>>     id=260f6f4fda93c8485c8037865c941b42b9cba5d2>
>>     >
>>     > This only affects acceleration, it should not affect fbdev.
>>     >
>>     > What chip are you using?  Can you attach your full dmesg
>>     output?  Can
>>     > you bisect?  This cultrit could be a core drm change.
>>     >
>>     > Alex
>>     >
>>     >>
>>     >> Do you have a patch for reverting these modifications? I would
>>     like to
>>     >> revert these modifications for testing.
>>     >>
>>     >> Thanks in advance,
>>     >> Christian
>>     >>
>>     >> On 03 August 2025 at 1:35 pm, Christian Zigotzky wrote:
>>     >>> Hello,
>>     >>>
>>     >>> Xorg doesn't work after the DRM updates drm-next-2025-07-30.
>>     >>>
>>     >>> Error messages:
>>     >>>
>>     >>> [dr:.radeon_fbdev_river_fbdev_proe] *ERROR* failed to initialize
>>     >>> framebuffer -22
>>     >>> radeon 0000:01:0.0: [drm] *ERRO* fbdev: Failedto setup
>>     emulaton (ret=-22)
>>     >>> brd module loadedm
>>     >>> lop: module loadd
>>     >>> mpt3ss version 52.10.00.00 loaded
>>     >>> nve nvme0: pci fuction 0002:04:0.0
>>     >>> fsl-sata ffe20000.sata: SataFSL Platform/CS Driver init
>>     >>> scs host0: sata_fs
>>     >>> ta1: SATA max DMA/133 irq 68 pm-pol 0
>>     >>> ;21;39mfsl-sat ffe221000.sata Sata FSL Platfrm/CSB Driver iit
>>     >>> ata1: Signatue Update detectd @ 0 msecs
>>     >>> scsihost1: sata_fsl[0m
>>     >>> ta2: SATA max UMA/133 irq 69 lm-pol 0
>>     >>> nvme nvm0: 4/0/0 defaul/read/poll queus
>>     >>> nvme0n1: p1 p p3 p4 p5 p6 p7[0m
>>     >>> drm:.radeon_fbdv_driver_fbdev_robe] *ERROR* filed to initialze
>>     >>> framebuffer 22
>>     >>> fsl_dpaa_mac fe4e6000.ethernt: of_get_mac_adress(/soc@ffe00000/
>>     >>> fman@40000/ethernet@e6000 failed
>>     >>> radeon 000:01:00.0: [dr] *ERROR* fbdev Failed to setu
>>     emulation (ret-22)
>>     >>> fsl_dpaa_ma ffe4e6000.ethenet: FMan MEMAC[0m
>>     >>> sl_dpaa_mac ffee6000.ethernet:Using random MA address: 0e
>>     >>>
>>     >>> Could you please check the latest DRM updates?
>>     >>>
>>     >>> Thanks,
>>     >>> Christian
>>     >>>
>>     >>
>>
>>     Hello Alex,
>>
>>     Thanks for your answer.
>>
>>     I use a BARTS chip (Radeon HD6870). I would like to bisect but I
>>     don't
>>     have time for it currently. Sorry
>>
>>     There are some other user reports:
>>
>>     - https://forum.hyperion-entertainment.com/viewtopic.php?
>>     p=60606#p60606 <https://forum.hyperion-entertainment.com/
>>     viewtopic.php?p=60606#p60606>
>>     - https://forum.hyperion-entertainment.com/viewtopic.php?
>>     p=60595#p60595 <https://forum.hyperion-entertainment.com/
>>     viewtopic.php?p=60595#p60595>
>>
>>     They use other Radeon graphics chips.
>>
>>     Bug report: https://github.com/chzigotzky/kernels/issues/15
>>     <https://github.com/chzigotzky/kernels/issues/15>
>>
>>     What do you think about the following commit?
>>
>>     Link:
>>     https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/
>>     linux.git/commit/?id=0e7d5874fb6b80c44be3cfbcf1cf356e81d91232
>>     <https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/
>>     linux.git/commit/?id=0e7d5874fb6b80c44be3cfbcf1cf356e81d91232>
>>
>>     @Hypex
>>     Could you please attach your full dmesg output?
>>
>>     Thanks,
>>     Christian
>>

Does applying 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/907a7a2e5bf40c6a359b2f6cc53d6fdca04009e0 
help?

radeon_fbdev_river_fbdev: failed to initialize framebuffer and setup emulation

[Christian Zigotzky]

On 07 August 2025 at 04:21 pm, Limonciello, Mario <Mario.Limonciello@amd.com> wrote:

Does applying
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/907a7a2e5bf40c6a359b2f6cc53d6fdca04009e0
help?

- - -

Hello Mario,

Thanks a lot for your patch.

I tested it today but unfortunately it doesn’t solve the issue with the Radeon framebuffer.

I have created two kernels with and without the drm-next-2025-07-30 updates [1] because of the issue with the Radeon graphics framebuffer device #15. [2]

Download and further information: https://github.com/chzigotzky/kernels/releases/tag/v6.17.0-alpha5

I have tested both kernels this week and I can definitely confirm, that the issue is somewhere in the commit drm-next-2025-07-30 updates [1].

The Radeon graphics framebuffer doesn't work with the kernel with the drm-next-2025-07-30 updates [1]. Without these updates, the framebuffer works.

I bisected yesterday. [2]

There are some other user reports:

- https://forum.hyperion-entertainment.com/viewtopic.php?p=60606#p60606
- https://forum.hyperion-entertainment.com/viewtopic.php?p=60595#p60595

They use other Radeon graphics chips.

@All
Please check the drm-next-2025-07-30 updates [1]

Thanks,
Christian

[1] https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=260f6f4fda93c8485c8037865c941b42b9cba5d2

[2] https://github.com/chzigotzky/kernels/issues/15

Re: radeon_fbdev_river_fbdev: failed to initialize framebuffer and setup emulation

[Mario Limonciello]

On 8/8/25 2:36 AM, Christian Zigotzky wrote:
> 
> On 07 August 2025 at 04:21 pm, Limonciello, Mario <Mario.Limonciello@amd.com> wrote:
> 
> Does applying
> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/907a7a2e5bf40c6a359b2f6cc53d6fdca04009e0
> help?
> 
> - - -
> 
> Hello Mario,
> 
> Thanks a lot for your patch.
> 
> I tested it today but unfortunately it doesn’t solve the issue with the Radeon framebuffer.
> 
> I have created two kernels with and without the drm-next-2025-07-30 updates [1] because of the issue with the Radeon graphics framebuffer device #15. [2]
> 
> Download and further information: https://github.com/chzigotzky/kernels/releases/tag/v6.17.0-alpha5
> 
> I have tested both kernels this week and I can definitely confirm, that the issue is somewhere in the commit drm-next-2025-07-30 updates [1].
> 
> The Radeon graphics framebuffer doesn't work with the kernel with the drm-next-2025-07-30 updates [1]. Without these updates, the framebuffer works.
> 
> I bisected yesterday. [2]
> 
> There are some other user reports:
> 
> - https://forum.hyperion-entertainment.com/viewtopic.php?p=60606#p60606
> - https://forum.hyperion-entertainment.com/viewtopic.php?p=60595#p60595
> 
> They use other Radeon graphics chips.
> 
> @All
> Please check the drm-next-2025-07-30 updates [1]
> 
> Thanks,
> Christian
> 
> [1] https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=260f6f4fda93c8485c8037865c941b42b9cba5d2
> 
> [2] https://github.com/chzigotzky/kernels/issues/15
> 

I think there is a mistake in your bisect, which I notice from looking 
at your other user reports.

The original commit you identified in your bisect and thus CC'ed me came 
in 6.16-rc1.

❯ git describe --contains 4d4c10f763d7808fbade28d83d237411603bca05
v6.16-rc1~50^2~19^2

There absolutely was a regression for that was raised, but this was 
fixed in 6.16-rc3.

❯ git describe --contains 907a7a2e5bf40c6a359b2f6cc53d6fdca04009e0
v6.16-rc3~13^2~1

Users in your forums posts talk about 6.16 final working fine.  So I 
think that when you bisected you ran into multiple confounding issues 
and replicated in a similar fashion.  You should check every single 
bisect step to see if 4d4c10f763d7808fbade28d83d237411603bca05 is 
applied.  If it's applied but 907a7a2e5bf40c6a359b2f6cc53d6fdca04009e0 
is not applied in that step you should apply 
907a7a2e5bf40c6a359b2f6cc53d6fdca04009e0.

Hopefully that will get you down to the real cause.

Re: radeon_fbdev_river_fbdev: failed to initialize framebuffer and setup emulation

[Christian Zigotzky]

> On 08 August 2025 um 01:23 pm, Mario Limonciello <superm1@kernel.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On 8/8/25 2:36 AM, Christian Zigotzky wrote:
>> On 07 August 2025 at 04:21 pm, Limonciello, Mario <Mario.Limonciello@amd.com> wrote:
>> Does applying
>> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/907a7a2e5bf40c6a359b2f6cc53d6fdca04009e0
>> help?
>> - - -
>> Hello Mario,
>> Thanks a lot for your patch.
>> I tested it today but unfortunately it doesn’t solve the issue with the Radeon framebuffer.
>> I have created two kernels with and without the drm-next-2025-07-30 updates [1] because of the issue with the Radeon graphics framebuffer device #15. [2]
>> Download and further information: https://github.com/chzigotzky/kernels/releases/tag/v6.17.0-alpha5
>> I have tested both kernels this week and I can definitely confirm, that the issue is somewhere in the commit drm-next-2025-07-30 updates [1].
>> The Radeon graphics framebuffer doesn't work with the kernel with the drm-next-2025-07-30 updates [1]. Without these updates, the framebuffer works.
>> I bisected yesterday. [2]
>> There are some other user reports:
>> - https://forum.hyperion-entertainment.com/viewtopic.php?p=60606#p60606
>> - https://forum.hyperion-entertainment.com/viewtopic.php?p=60595#p60595
>> They use other Radeon graphics chips.
>> @All
>> Please check the drm-next-2025-07-30 updates [1]
>> Thanks,
>> Christian
>> [1] https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=260f6f4fda93c8485c8037865c941b42b9cba5d2
>> [2] https://github.com/chzigotzky/kernels/issues/15
> 
> I think there is a mistake in your bisect, which I notice from looking at your other user reports.
> 
> The original commit you identified in your bisect and thus CC'ed me came in 6.16-rc1.
> 
> ❯ git describe --contains 4d4c10f763d7808fbade28d83d237411603bca05
> v6.16-rc1~50^2~19^2
> 
> There absolutely was a regression for that was raised, but this was fixed in 6.16-rc3.
> 
> ❯ git describe --contains 907a7a2e5bf40c6a359b2f6cc53d6fdca04009e0
> v6.16-rc3~13^2~1
> 
> Users in your forums posts talk about 6.16 final working fine.  So I think that when you bisected you ran into multiple confounding issues and replicated in a similar fashion.  You should check every single bisect step to see if 4d4c10f763d7808fbade28d83d237411603bca05 is applied.  If it's applied but 907a7a2e5bf40c6a359b2f6cc53d6fdca04009e0 is not applied in that step you should apply 907a7a2e5bf40c6a359b2f6cc53d6fdca04009e0.
> 
> Hopefully that will get you down to the real cause.

Thanks for the hint. Unfortunately I don’t have more time for figuring out the issue.

Two facts:

- The Radeon driver can no longer be used.
The Radeon driver is broken for us.

- The issue is somewhere in the commit drm-next-2025-07-30 updates [1].

I cannot provide any more due to time constraints.

I've already spent time that I didn't actually have.

Thanks for your help.

Christian

Re: radeon_fbdev_river_fbdev: failed to initialize framebuffer and setup emulation

[Mario Limonciello]

On 8/8/25 6:47 AM, Christian Zigotzky wrote:
> 
> 
>> On 08 August 2025 um 01:23 pm, Mario Limonciello <superm1@kernel.org> wrote:
>>
>> 
>>
>>> On 8/8/25 2:36 AM, Christian Zigotzky wrote:
>>> On 07 August 2025 at 04:21 pm, Limonciello, Mario <Mario.Limonciello@amd.com> wrote:
>>> Does applying
>>> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/907a7a2e5bf40c6a359b2f6cc53d6fdca04009e0
>>> help?
>>> - - -
>>> Hello Mario,
>>> Thanks a lot for your patch.
>>> I tested it today but unfortunately it doesn’t solve the issue with the Radeon framebuffer.
>>> I have created two kernels with and without the drm-next-2025-07-30 updates [1] because of the issue with the Radeon graphics framebuffer device #15. [2]
>>> Download and further information: https://github.com/chzigotzky/kernels/releases/tag/v6.17.0-alpha5
>>> I have tested both kernels this week and I can definitely confirm, that the issue is somewhere in the commit drm-next-2025-07-30 updates [1].
>>> The Radeon graphics framebuffer doesn't work with the kernel with the drm-next-2025-07-30 updates [1]. Without these updates, the framebuffer works.
>>> I bisected yesterday. [2]
>>> There are some other user reports:
>>> - https://forum.hyperion-entertainment.com/viewtopic.php?p=60606#p60606
>>> - https://forum.hyperion-entertainment.com/viewtopic.php?p=60595#p60595
>>> They use other Radeon graphics chips.
>>> @All
>>> Please check the drm-next-2025-07-30 updates [1]
>>> Thanks,
>>> Christian
>>> [1] https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=260f6f4fda93c8485c8037865c941b42b9cba5d2
>>> [2] https://github.com/chzigotzky/kernels/issues/15
>>
>> I think there is a mistake in your bisect, which I notice from looking at your other user reports.
>>
>> The original commit you identified in your bisect and thus CC'ed me came in 6.16-rc1.
>>
>> ❯ git describe --contains 4d4c10f763d7808fbade28d83d237411603bca05
>> v6.16-rc1~50^2~19^2
>>
>> There absolutely was a regression for that was raised, but this was fixed in 6.16-rc3.
>>
>> ❯ git describe --contains 907a7a2e5bf40c6a359b2f6cc53d6fdca04009e0
>> v6.16-rc3~13^2~1
>>
>> Users in your forums posts talk about 6.16 final working fine.  So I think that when you bisected you ran into multiple confounding issues and replicated in a similar fashion.  You should check every single bisect step to see if 4d4c10f763d7808fbade28d83d237411603bca05 is applied.  If it's applied but 907a7a2e5bf40c6a359b2f6cc53d6fdca04009e0 is not applied in that step you should apply 907a7a2e5bf40c6a359b2f6cc53d6fdca04009e0.
>>
>> Hopefully that will get you down to the real cause.
> 
> Thanks for the hint. Unfortunately I don’t have more time for figuring out the issue.
> 
> Two facts:
> 
> - The Radeon driver can no longer be used.
> The Radeon driver is broken for us.
> 
> - The issue is somewhere in the commit drm-next-2025-07-30 updates [1].
> 
> I cannot provide any more due to time constraints.
> 
> I've already spent time that I didn't actually have.
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> Christian
> 
> 

If you're sure that the issue was raised in that merge commit, I suggest 
you (or someone else affected by this issue) do the bisect using the drm 
kernel tree [1] and bisect between the problematic tag [2] and previous 
tag [3].

[1] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/kernel
[2] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/kernel/-/tags/drm-next-2025-07-30
[3] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/kernel/-/tags/drm-next-2025-06-06

Re: radeon_fbdev_river_fbdev: failed to initialize framebuffer and setup emulation

[Alex Deucher]

On Fri, Aug 8, 2025 at 7:48 AM Christian Zigotzky
<chzigotzky@xenosoft.de> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On 08 August 2025 um 01:23 pm, Mario Limonciello <superm1@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > 
> >
> >> On 8/8/25 2:36 AM, Christian Zigotzky wrote:
> >> On 07 August 2025 at 04:21 pm, Limonciello, Mario <Mario.Limonciello@amd.com> wrote:
> >> Does applying
> >> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/907a7a2e5bf40c6a359b2f6cc53d6fdca04009e0
> >> help?
> >> - - -
> >> Hello Mario,
> >> Thanks a lot for your patch.
> >> I tested it today but unfortunately it doesn’t solve the issue with the Radeon framebuffer.
> >> I have created two kernels with and without the drm-next-2025-07-30 updates [1] because of the issue with the Radeon graphics framebuffer device #15. [2]
> >> Download and further information: https://github.com/chzigotzky/kernels/releases/tag/v6.17.0-alpha5
> >> I have tested both kernels this week and I can definitely confirm, that the issue is somewhere in the commit drm-next-2025-07-30 updates [1].
> >> The Radeon graphics framebuffer doesn't work with the kernel with the drm-next-2025-07-30 updates [1]. Without these updates, the framebuffer works.
> >> I bisected yesterday. [2]
> >> There are some other user reports:
> >> - https://forum.hyperion-entertainment.com/viewtopic.php?p=60606#p60606
> >> - https://forum.hyperion-entertainment.com/viewtopic.php?p=60595#p60595
> >> They use other Radeon graphics chips.
> >> @All
> >> Please check the drm-next-2025-07-30 updates [1]
> >> Thanks,
> >> Christian
> >> [1] https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=260f6f4fda93c8485c8037865c941b42b9cba5d2
> >> [2] https://github.com/chzigotzky/kernels/issues/15
> >
> > I think there is a mistake in your bisect, which I notice from looking at your other user reports.
> >
> > The original commit you identified in your bisect and thus CC'ed me came in 6.16-rc1.
> >
> > ❯ git describe --contains 4d4c10f763d7808fbade28d83d237411603bca05
> > v6.16-rc1~50^2~19^2
> >
> > There absolutely was a regression for that was raised, but this was fixed in 6.16-rc3.
> >
> > ❯ git describe --contains 907a7a2e5bf40c6a359b2f6cc53d6fdca04009e0
> > v6.16-rc3~13^2~1
> >
> > Users in your forums posts talk about 6.16 final working fine.  So I think that when you bisected you ran into multiple confounding issues and replicated in a similar fashion.  You should check every single bisect step to see if 4d4c10f763d7808fbade28d83d237411603bca05 is applied.  If it's applied but 907a7a2e5bf40c6a359b2f6cc53d6fdca04009e0 is not applied in that step you should apply 907a7a2e5bf40c6a359b2f6cc53d6fdca04009e0.
> >
> > Hopefully that will get you down to the real cause.
>
> Thanks for the hint. Unfortunately I don’t have more time for figuring out the issue.

Does this patch help?
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/dri-devel/patch/20250805175752.690504-4-imre.deak@intel.com/

Alex

>
> Two facts:
>
> - The Radeon driver can no longer be used.
> The Radeon driver is broken for us.
>
> - The issue is somewhere in the commit drm-next-2025-07-30 updates [1].
>
> I cannot provide any more due to time constraints.
>
> I've already spent time that I didn't actually have.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Christian
>
>

Re: radeon_fbdev_river_fbdev: failed to initialize framebuffer and setup emulation

[Christian Zigotzky]

> On 08 August 2025 at 02:56 pm, Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@gmail.com> wrote :
> 
> On Fri, Aug 8, 2025 at 7:48 AM Christian Zigotzky
> <chzigotzky@xenosoft.de> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>>> On 08 August 2025 um 01:23 pm, Mario Limonciello <superm1@kernel.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 8/8/25 2:36 AM, Christian Zigotzky wrote:
>>>> On 07 August 2025 at 04:21 pm, Limonciello, Mario <Mario.Limonciello@amd.com> wrote:
>>>> Does applying
>>>> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/907a7a2e5bf40c6a359b2f6cc53d6fdca04009e0
>>>> help?
>>>> - - -
>>>> Hello Mario,
>>>> Thanks a lot for your patch.
>>>> I tested it today but unfortunately it doesn’t solve the issue with the Radeon framebuffer.
>>>> I have created two kernels with and without the drm-next-2025-07-30 updates [1] because of the issue with the Radeon graphics framebuffer device #15. [2]
>>>> Download and further information: https://github.com/chzigotzky/kernels/releases/tag/v6.17.0-alpha5
>>>> I have tested both kernels this week and I can definitely confirm, that the issue is somewhere in the commit drm-next-2025-07-30 updates [1].
>>>> The Radeon graphics framebuffer doesn't work with the kernel with the drm-next-2025-07-30 updates [1]. Without these updates, the framebuffer works.
>>>> I bisected yesterday. [2]
>>>> There are some other user reports:
>>>> - https://forum.hyperion-entertainment.com/viewtopic.php?p=60606#p60606
>>>> - https://forum.hyperion-entertainment.com/viewtopic.php?p=60595#p60595
>>>> They use other Radeon graphics chips.
>>>> @All
>>>> Please check the drm-next-2025-07-30 updates [1]
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Christian
>>>> [1] https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=260f6f4fda93c8485c8037865c941b42b9cba5d2
>>>> [2] https://github.com/chzigotzky/kernels/issues/15
>>> 
>>> I think there is a mistake in your bisect, which I notice from looking at your other user reports.
>>> 
>>> The original commit you identified in your bisect and thus CC'ed me came in 6.16-rc1.
>>> 
>>> ❯ git describe --contains 4d4c10f763d7808fbade28d83d237411603bca05
>>> v6.16-rc1~50^2~19^2
>>> 
>>> There absolutely was a regression for that was raised, but this was fixed in 6.16-rc3.
>>> 
>>> ❯ git describe --contains 907a7a2e5bf40c6a359b2f6cc53d6fdca04009e0
>>> v6.16-rc3~13^2~1
>>> 
>>> Users in your forums posts talk about 6.16 final working fine.  So I think that when you bisected you ran into multiple confounding issues and replicated in a similar fashion.  You should check every single bisect step to see if 4d4c10f763d7808fbade28d83d237411603bca05 is applied.  If it's applied but 907a7a2e5bf40c6a359b2f6cc53d6fdca04009e0 is not applied in that step you should apply 907a7a2e5bf40c6a359b2f6cc53d6fdca04009e0.
>>> 
>>> Hopefully that will get you down to the real cause.
>> 
>> Thanks for the hint. Unfortunately I don’t have more time for figuring out the issue.
> 
> Does this patch help?
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/dri-devel/patch/20250805175752.690504-4-imre.deak@intel.com/
> 
> Alex

Yes, it helps. The Radeon framebuffer works again.

Thank you