Re: [PATCH][FBCON]: Mode Switch in fbcon_blank()

[Javier Marcet <javier-ml-gmane@marcet.info>]

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* Antonino A. Daplas <adaplas@hotpop.com> [040702 17:36]:

>> > Well... I don't know. It seem to work, so it's probably an acceptable
>> > workaround, but I'd like to find out what's wrong with doing it in blank
>> > precisely (that is what is the bug in XFree or in the kernel VT), since
>> > it's shared by many X drivers, I don't suppose it's a bug in them.

>> This was included in 2.6.7-mm5 -that's how I noticed it- and I had to
>> revert it.

>> I use radeonfb and when switching from X to console my two monitors will
>> go out of sync. The VT is actually there since I can type on it, but I
>> can't see anything on neither of my two monitors :(

>Grr, I was a little tentative about this patch, hoping against hope that it
>will work for all drivers, but you've proven me wrong.  Anyway, we now have
>at least 2 drivers that requires reinitialization at different stages, radeonfb
>requires it at fbcon_blank() and rivafb at fbcon_switch().  And I really don't
>know how to fix it except to look closely at X (and I dread looking at X's code...)
>and the VT code (ditto).

>Can you try the patch below?  It works for the rivafb, hopefully it works for yours.

Hi Antonio,
sorry for not answering sooner, I thought I had done before leaving to
work.
Well, with this patch in addition to your original one, it works right
again with my radeon frame buffer & X :)

For me it's fine. Thanks for your help ;-)

If I can be of any help, trying further patches or whatever, please ask.


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Javier Marcet <javier@marcet.info>

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