Re: Re: 2.6.12-rc1-mm2 -- nvidiafb driver gives black screen

["Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>]

Miles Lane wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 09:12:49 -0800, Randy.Dunlap <rddunlap@osdl.org> wrote:
> 
> By the why, I don't know why Andrew got dropped from my previous message list.
> Also, I thought you were asking these questions of the fbdev and
> vidiafb developers.
> 
> 
>>I guess that there is some chance that the io_remap_pfn* patches
>>are involved with this.  
> 
> 
> I am a tester, so I don't have knowledge about this.

Sure, it wasn't a question.  :)

> 
>>Is there some way to determine exactly which
>>io remap kernel calls are involved in "nvidiafb: cannot ioremap FB
>>base" ?  
> 
> 
> I don't know.  Someone who does, please tell me.  If someone
> will tell me how, I'll be happy to gather the information.
 >
> 
>>Is that in the exposed source code?  
> 
> 
> I have no idea.  How would I find out?
> 
>>If so, where is that source code?  
> 
> 
> I have no clue.

Where did you get the nvidia wrapper?
Where can I find it?

Where did you get the nvidia binary blob?
Where can I get it?

>>If not, can we determine from the binary which calls
>>are being made?  
> 
> 
> Uhhh.  I have delivered the Oops info and a bunch of other
> information.  I have given you whatever I thought might be helpful.  I
> need guidance here.

Sure, but the part that I really need to see is likely partially 
hidden in some binary blob.  We'll see.

> 
>>Or should I just make a io_remap debug patch that
>>prints out lots of debug info so that we can track this down?
> 
> 
> I thought you would determine this with input from developers.
> 
> Your humble tester (remember me from the early USB days?),

Sure I do.  :)
I'll make a patch, probably tonight Pacific time.

-- 
~Randy


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