2.6.7mm5: switching from X to fbdev gives wrong vertical frequency

2.6.7mm5: switching from X to fbdev gives wrong vertical frequency

[Jurriaan]

I boot my kernel like this:

kernel /boot/vmlinuz-267mm5 root=/dev/md3 video=radeonfb:1600x1200-16@85 softrepeat=1

and that works fine in 2.6.7-mm5 with Davids 16bpp copyarea fix.

XFree also works fine (latest debian version:)

xfree86-common 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System (XFree86) infrastructure
xserver-xfree8 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 the XFree86 X server

In 2.6.7 both worked fine, and I could switch from X to fb and back
without any problem. Now, when I switch from X to fb, my 85 Hz refresh
is changed to 60. That looks really awful.

Jurriaan
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Re: 2.6.7mm5: switching from X to fbdev gives wrong vertical frequency

[Antonino A. Daplas]

On Sunday 04 July 2004 21:36, Jurriaan wrote:
> I boot my kernel like this:
>
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-267mm5 root=/dev/md3 video=radeonfb:1600x1200-16@85
> softrepeat=1
>
> and that works fine in 2.6.7-mm5 with Davids 16bpp copyarea fix.
>
> XFree also works fine (latest debian version:)
>
> xfree86-common 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System (XFree86) infrastructure
> xserver-xfree8 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 the XFree86 X server
>
> In 2.6.7 both worked fine, and I could switch from X to fb and back
> without any problem. Now, when I switch from X to fb, my 85 Hz refresh
> is changed to 60. That looks really awful.
>

Can you try this patch?

Tony

diff -Naur linux-2.6.7-mm5-orig/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c linux-2.6.7-mm5/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
--- linux-2.6.7-mm5-orig/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c	2004-07-04 23:34:29.873322872 +0800
+++ linux-2.6.7-mm5/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c	2004-07-04 23:36:18.169859296 +0800
@@ -1679,8 +1679,7 @@
 	var.yres = height * fh;
 	x_diff = info->var.xres - var.xres;
 	y_diff = info->var.yres - var.yres;
-	if (x_diff < 0 || x_diff > fw || (y_diff < 0 || y_diff > fh) ||
-	    (info->flags & FBINFO_MISC_MODESWITCH)) {
+	if (x_diff < 0 || x_diff > fw || (y_diff < 0 || y_diff > fh)) {
 		char mode[40];
 
 		DPRINTK("attempting resize %ix%i\n", var.xres, var.yres);
@@ -1695,12 +1694,9 @@
 			return -EINVAL;
 		DPRINTK("resize now %ix%i\n", var.xres, var.yres);
 		if (CON_IS_VISIBLE(vc)) {
-			var.activate = FB_ACTIVATE_NOW |
-				(info->flags & FBINFO_MISC_MODESWITCH) ?
-				FB_ACTIVATE_FORCE : 0;
+			var.activate = FB_ACTIVATE_NOW;
 			fb_set_var(info, &var);
 		}
-		info->flags &= ~FBINFO_MISC_MODESWITCH;
 	}
 	updatescrollmode(p, info, vc);
 	return 0;
@@ -1752,6 +1748,13 @@
 	}
 
  	fbcon_resize(vc, vc->vc_cols, vc->vc_rows);
+
+	if (info->flags & FBINFO_MISC_MODESWITCH &&
+		info->fbops->fb_set_par) {
+		info->fbops->fb_set_par(info);
+	}
+	info->flags &= ~FBINFO_MISC_MODESWITCH;
+
 	switch (p->scrollmode) {
 	case SCROLL_WRAP:
 		scrollback_phys_max = p->vrows - vc->vc_rows;




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Re: 2.6.7mm5: switching from X to fbdev gives wrong vertical frequency

[Jurriaan]

From: Antonino A. Daplas <adaplas@hotpop.com>
Date: Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 11:47:53PM +0800
> On Sunday 04 July 2004 21:36, Jurriaan wrote:
> > I boot my kernel like this:
> >
> > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-267mm5 root=/dev/md3 video=radeonfb:1600x1200-16@85
> > softrepeat=1
> >
> > and that works fine in 2.6.7-mm5 with Davids 16bpp copyarea fix.
> >
> > XFree also works fine (latest debian version:)
> >
> > xfree86-common 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System (XFree86) infrastructure
> > xserver-xfree8 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 the XFree86 X server
> >
> > In 2.6.7 both worked fine, and I could switch from X to fb and back
> > without any problem. Now, when I switch from X to fb, my 85 Hz refresh
> > is changed to 60. That looks really awful.
> >
> 
> Can you try this patch?
> 
This patch solves my problem, I can switch back-and-forth between X and
the framebuffer with 2.6.7-mm5 without any problems.

Thanks,
Jurriaan
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