Re: pm3fb driver is ok in 2.5.24

[Romain Dolbeau <dolbeau@irisa.fr>]

Sven Luther wrote:

> I have compiled a 2.5.24 kernel and added the few things needed to make
> the pm3fb work (basically, i had to patch Config.in and Config.help so i
> could enable it in the configuration process).

Could you send me the patch please ?

> Is there a reason why it was not enabled previously, or is it just
> forgetting the these two files (which probably did not patch correctly
> due to the Config.in and Config.help location and format change).

I though the old-format drivers wouldn't work so I never bothered
submitting for inclusion.

> Anyway, it works fine (well as good as with the 2.4.x kernel), there
> still is problem with the copying of the text console data at bootup,
> but apart from that everything is fine.
> 
> Should i send over a patch for adding it to the Config.xxx files ?

Please send me the patch, I'll submit them for inclusion

Thanks for the help,

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