From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Randy.Dunlap" Subject: Re: Re: 2.6.12-rc1-mm2 -- nvidiafb driver gives black screen Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 19:01:09 -0800 Message-ID: <4248C4F5.8090705@osdl.org> References: <20050324203118.345c6004.akpm@osdl.org> <42483B11.6010203@osdl.org> <4248A92E.8080409@osdl.org> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1DG6z9-0007lN-Vi for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 19:01:43 -0800 Received: from fire.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4] helo=smtp.osdl.org) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.41) id 1DG6z5-0005Qb-Vb for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 19:01:43 -0800 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net 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"; format="flowed" To: Miles Lane Cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Andrew Morton , khali@linux-fr.org Miles Lane wrote: > On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 17:02:38 -0800, Randy.Dunlap wrote: > >>Miles Lane wrote: >> >>>On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 09:12:49 -0800, Randy.Dunlap 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? > > > Perhaps you are thinking I am using the NVidia binary driver? > This is not the case. nvidiafb is a recently added framebuffer > driver (IIRC, first showing up in 2.6.12-rc1-mm2). I believe > khali@linux-fr.org is the author. I have reproduced this > problem with both mm2 and mm3. > > Do you need my .config file? I'll let you know. I wondered while driving home if you were using the (new) in-kernel nv driver. Thanks for you and Andrew confirming that. Looks like I didn't go back far enough in the thread history. > >>Where did you get the nvidia binary blob? > > > If you had my .config file, couldn't you build the driver into > the kernel, as I have? I don't know what a driver blob is. > I haven't built the driver as a module. > > >>Where can I get it? > > > Build 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. > > > Blob? Well, I have some i2c built as modules. > > >>>Your humble tester (remember me from the early USB days?), >> >>Sure I do. :) >>I'll make a patch, probably tonight Pacific time. I send you something later tonight. -- ~Randy ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click