From: "René Rebe" <rene@exactco.de>
To: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] fbdev/ffb: fix corrupted video output on FFB1
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:49:58 +0100 (CET) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260205.164958.765506119384437798.rene@exactco.de> (raw)
Fix Sun FFB1 corrupted video out [1] by disabling overlay and
initializing window mode to a known state. The issue never appeared on
my FFB2+/vertical nor Elite3D/M6. It could also depend on the PROM
version.
/SUNW,ffb@1e,0: FFB at 000001fc00000000, type 11, DAC pnum[236c] rev[10] manuf_rev[4]
X (II) /dev/fb0: Detected FFB1, Z-buffer, Single-buffered.
X (II) /dev/fb0: BT9068 (PAC1) ramdac detected (with normal cursor control)
X (II) /dev/fb0: Detected Creator/Creator3D
[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/DUTcSmSjSem/
Signed-off-by: René Rebe <rene@exactco.de>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
---
Tested on Sun Ultra 2 w/ FFB1 BT9068 (PAC1) ramdac running T2/Linux.
Defines re-used from xf86-video-sunffb.
---
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/ffb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/ffb.c
index 34b6abff9493..8d77f102dd82 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/ffb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/ffb.c
@@ -335,6 +335,9 @@ struct ffb_dac {
};
#define FFB_DAC_UCTRL 0x1001 /* User Control */
+#define FFB_DAC_UCTRL_OVENAB 0x00000008 /* Overlay Enable */
+#define FFB_DAC_UCTRL_WMODE 0x00000030 /* Window Mode */
+#define FFB_DAC_UCTRL_WM_COMB 0x00000000 /* Window Mode = Combined */
#define FFB_DAC_UCTRL_MANREV 0x00000f00 /* 4-bit Manufacturing Revision */
#define FFB_DAC_UCTRL_MANREV_SHIFT 8
#define FFB_DAC_TGEN 0x6000 /* Timing Generator */
@@ -425,7 +428,7 @@ static void ffb_switch_from_graph(struct ffb_par *par)
{
struct ffb_fbc __iomem *fbc = par->fbc;
struct ffb_dac __iomem *dac = par->dac;
- unsigned long flags;
+ unsigned long flags, uctrl;
spin_lock_irqsave(&par->lock, flags);
FFBWait(par);
@@ -442,7 +445,7 @@ static void ffb_switch_from_graph(struct ffb_par *par)
upa_writel(par->bg_cache, &fbc->bg);
FFBWait(par);
- /* Disable cursor. */
+ /* Disable cursor. */
upa_writel(FFB_DAC_CUR_CTRL, &dac->type2);
if (par->flags & FFB_FLAG_INVCURSOR)
upa_writel(0, &dac->value2);
@@ -450,6 +453,15 @@ static void ffb_switch_from_graph(struct ffb_par *par)
upa_writel((FFB_DAC_CUR_CTRL_P0 |
FFB_DAC_CUR_CTRL_P1), &dac->value2);
+ /* Disable overlay and window modes. */
+ upa_writel(FFB_DAC_UCTRL, &dac->type);
+ uctrl = upa_readl(&dac->value);
+ uctrl &= ~FFB_DAC_UCTRL_WMODE;
+ uctrl |= FFB_DAC_UCTRL_WM_COMB;
+ uctrl &= ~FFB_DAC_UCTRL_OVENAB;
+ upa_writel(FFB_DAC_UCTRL, &dac->type);
+ upa_writel(uctrl, &dac->value);
+
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&par->lock, flags);
}
--
René Rebe, ExactCODE GmbH, Berlin, Germany
https://exactco.de • https://t2linux.com • https://patreon.com/renerebe
next reply other threads:[~2026-02-05 15:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-05 15:49 René Rebe [this message]
2026-02-06 10:12 ` [PATCH] fbdev/ffb: fix corrupted video output on FFB1 Helge Deller
2026-02-06 10:30 ` René Rebe
2026-02-06 10:40 ` René Rebe
2026-02-06 10:41 ` Helge Deller
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