From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Otto Wyss Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH 4/5][RFC] fbdev: Clean up framebuffer initialization Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 09:46:24 +0200 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <413972D0.EAC13CC4@orpatec.ch> References: <200409041108.40276.adaplas@hotpop.com> <41393829.6020302@winischhofer.net> <200409041453.01644.adaplas@hotpop.com> 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 1C3VFt-0008VW-78 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 04 Sep 2004 00:46:37 -0700 Received: from mail.xor.ch ([212.55.210.163]) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C3VFr-0003A0-Ck for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 04 Sep 2004 00:46:37 -0700 Received: from orpatec.ch (217.162.130.125) by mail.xor.ch with MERCUR Mailserver (v4.03.03 NjYtMjMxMS00NjIy) for ; Sat, 4 Sep 2004 09:51:34 +0200 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: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net "Antonino A. Daplas" wrote: > > Mainly cleanup, but also point #5. The i810fb, for instance, depends on agpgart, but > agpgart gets initialized way after fbdev. The workaround is for i810fb to explicitly > call intel_agp_init(). Besides the ugliness, forcibly initializing the agpgart subsystem > out of sequence may cause problems. > Sorry if I interrupt without deeper knowledge but doesn't this sound very strange? Why is a subsystem initialized much later than the one which depends on it? Doesn't this look like a design error? O. Wyss -- See a huge pile of work at "http://wyodesktop.sourceforge.net/" ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5047&alloc_id=10808&op=click