From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: alois.klingler@chello.at
Cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, MadLoisae@gmx.net,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Alexey@sc8-sf-spam2.sourceforge.net,
Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: kernel oops with framebuffer device vt8623fb
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 09:12:29 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080805091229.a613d423.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <489836D3.2050008@chello.at>
On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:17:39 +0200 "alois.klingler@chello.at" <alois.klingler@chello.at> wrote:
>
> Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:39:18 +0200 Ondrej Zajicek <santiago@crfreenet.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 07:00:02PM +0200, MadLoisae@gmx.net wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi!
> >>>
> >>> I've updated my machine from 2.6.25.11 to 2.6.26 and I think I've found
> >>> a problem.
> >>>
> >>> If I load the module vt8623fb i get a kernel oops, if the VIA 8623
> >>> display framebuffer driver is compiled direct into kernel the system
> >>> hangs up very early at booting the kernel.
> >>>
> >> I am sorry for mistake, here is a patch for 2.6.26 fixing the bug:
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Ondrej Zajicek <santiago@crfreenet.org>
> >>
> >
> > I went back through the email thread and wrote your changelog for you.
> > Not a very good one though.
> >
> > It would be better were you to write your changelogs, please.
> >
>
> Hi!
>
> This issue is still not fixed in 2.6.26.1 - may be there a way to commit
> it in 2.6.26.2?
>
> Still, the provided patch I got on 07/17/2008 works great ...
>
> Thanks, anyway!
>
> kind regards, Alois
>
(top-posting repaired)
The fix will be in my next batch for Linus. It'll be merged this week.
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2008-07-17 1:39 ` kernel oops with framebuffer device vt8623fb Ondrej Zajicek
2008-07-17 11:21 ` alois.klingler
2008-07-17 11:23 ` MadLoisae
2008-07-29 3:48 ` Andrew Morton
2008-08-05 11:17 ` alois.klingler
2008-08-05 16:12 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
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