From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Antonino A. Daplas" Subject: Re: Re: 2.6.12-rc1-mm2 -- nvidiafb driver gives black screen Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 11:07:54 +0800 Message-ID: <200504151107.54579.adaplas@hotpop.com> References: <200504141351.11605.adaplas@hotpop.com> <20050414190623.07e18577.khali@linux-fr.org> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1DMHCE-0001EW-PN for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 20:08:42 -0700 Received: from smtp-out.hotpop.com ([38.113.3.61]) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1DMHC4-0004zK-Rv for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 20:08:42 -0700 Received: from hotpop.com (kubrick.hotpop.com [38.113.3.103]) by smtp-out.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id BC4B810657C0 for ; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 03:08:24 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <20050414190623.07e18577.khali@linux-fr.org> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Jean Delvare , "Antonino A. Daplas" Cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Andrew Morton , Miles Lane On Friday 15 April 2005 01:06, Jean Delvare wrote: > Hi Tony, > > > As for the i2c problem, this is probably due to a misplaced label in > > the failure path, and the reason why I had a difficult time > > reproducing this bug. When nvidiafb failed with the ioremap, it > > skipped deletion of the i2c busses causing the crash whenever the bus > > created by nvidiafb is read. The fix is also included in this patch. > > Exactly what I suspected from the very beginning, but I did not > investigate the error path back then - in fact I can't remember Miles > telling me that the the driver was actually not working for him. Thanks He didn't. I just assumed that it did because he also reported that nvidiafb failed to load due to an ioremap problem (too much video RAM). > a lot for confirming and fixing the problem. Well, not yet confirmed, I'll wait for Miles to do so. Tony ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click